I am the first and the last.

I am the honored one and the scorned one.

I am the whore and the holy one.

I am the wife and the virgin.

I am the mother and the daughter. . . .

I am she whose wedding is great,

And I have not taken a husband. . . .

I am shameless;

I am ashamed. . . .

I am godless,

And I am one whose God is great.

Gnostic Poem