Logion 113

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

[auto] The passage defines the kingdom's arrival through negation ('not come by waiting,' 'not here,' 'not there'), describing the divine reality via what it is not.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

[auto] The passage explicitly states that the kingdom of the father is spread out yet men do not see it, highlighting the radical concealment of the divine in plain sight.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] The inability of men to see the kingdom implies a need for spiritual insight or direct knowledge rather than external observation or waiting.

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] While the text specifies 'upon the earth,' it emphasizes the kingdom's immanence and accessibility without external mediation ('not by waiting'), aligning with the concept of internal or immediate divine presence.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

[auto] The statement that the kingdom is 'spread out upon the earth' yet 'men do not see it' presents a paradox intended to destabilize ordinary spatial perception.