Chapter 7
1 The ruler of this age wants to snatch me away and corrupt my resolve toward my God. So let none of you who are present help him; rather, be on my side—that is, on God’s side.
2 Don’t speak of Jesus Christ while preferring the world. Let no envy dwell among you. And even if I urge you in person, don’t be persuaded—rather, trust what I’m writing to you. For I write to you as one who is alive, longing to die for Christ.
3 My love has been crucified, and there is no fire in me that loves matter; but living water, springing up within me, says to me inwardly:
4 Come to the Father. I take no pleasure in corruptible food or in the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, the bread of heaven, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who in the last times came from the seed of David and Abraham; and for drink I desire his blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life.