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Gospel of Thomas · 89 of 114 · tr. Thomas O. Lambdin

Logion 89

Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not realize that he who made the inside is the same one who made the outside?"
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Themes
Opposites Transcendedanthropology

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

[auto] By stating the maker of the inside and outside is the same, it dissolves the binary opposition between interior and exterior.

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Rejection Of Hypocrisyethics

Critique of outward religious observance that lacks inner transformation; form without substance.

[auto] It condemns focusing on outward appearance while neglecting the inner reality, highlighting form without substance.

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Ritual Puritypraxis

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

[auto] The passage directly questions the practice of washing the outside of the cup, critiquing external ritual cleanliness as insufficient.

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Unity Of Beingtheology

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

[auto] The text asserts that the same creator made both the inside and outside, implying a unified origin of existence.

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