The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 · 5 of 24 · tr. Samuel Zinner
The Monad-b
[How can I speak] with you of him, [given that] his [aeon] is beyond destruction, in repose, and abiding in [silence, resting], existing before [everything, because he] is the leader of [all] aeons, [and] he is the one who grants them strength with his goodness?
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Monadcosmology
The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.
The passage explicitly identifies the subject as 'the leader of all aeons' who exists before everything in a state of repose and silence, perfectly matching the definition of the absolutely simple first principle.
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