In the inspected TEI, div1 n=26 begins on page NHAM02.38 in inherited line 12 and ends in line 17. These are the edition’s manuscript-coordinate labels, not a new photographic collation.
Hebrew & Eastern Christian texts · Coptic · separately consulted English translation
Gospel of Thomas, Saying 26: clear sight before helping another
The digital Coptic edition identifies Saying 26 at page 38, lines 12–17; Mattison’s separately credited English reading orders self-examination before correction of another.
Digital edition unit and English saying checked
- Physical witness
- Nag Hammadi Codex II, tractate 2 · Gospel of Thomas
- Selected unit
- Gospel of Thomas, Saying 26 · Coptic Scriptorium TEI page NHAM02.38, lines 12–17
- Edition or research reference
- Paul C. Dilley, Coptic Scriptorium Gospel of Thomas, version 6.2.0 (25 November 2025), TEI unit div1 n=26. English: Mark M. Mattison, Gospel of Thomas, Saying 26, Gospels.net, n.d., accessed 5 November 2026.
- Review boundary
- The scholarly TEI unit, its page/line markers and the translator’s published English saying were inspected. No fresh photograph-to-letter audit or independent retranslation was completed.
Follow the reading
Mattison commits his English translation to the public domain. His Saying 26 is separate from Dilley’s Coptic text, whose TEI metadata names no English translator.
The digital Coptic unit n=26 and page/line labels 38:12–17 are identified alongside Mattison’s named English Saying 26.
Read the selected passage
The saying contrasts noticing a small obstruction in another person’s eye with overlooking a larger obstruction in one’s own. It orders the actions: address one’s own obstruction first, then clearer sight becomes possible for helping another.
A useful reading sheet can mark the change of attention and the sequence of actions before adding an application. The metaphor concerns the speaker’s examination of self; it does not establish that a person who has been harmed caused another person’s conduct or must remain available to someone unsafe.
What remains to check
Collate the edition’s coordinate labels and Coptic readings against codex photographs, and compare critical editions where interpretations differ. No complete witness audit is claimed.
Bring the learning forward
Before offering an interpretation of someone else, name the part of a situation you can examine and change yourself. Ask whether help has been invited, and respect another person’s freedom to decline. Babylon’s inward practice protects dignity and supports a constructive next step.
The Father and Yeshua remain Babylon’s devotional centre. This reflection offers perspective and a freely chosen next step; it makes no judgement about a reader’s worth.
Sources you can retrace
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- Mark M. Mattison · Gospel of Thomas, Saying 26 ↗
Mark M. Mattison, n.d.; accessed 5 November 2026. The webpage expressly commits this translation to the public domain and identifies its basis as Nag Hammadi Codex II, 2.
Consulted translator’s English text - Coptic Scriptorium · inspected Gospel of Thomas TEI ↗
Paul C. Dilley and credited annotators, version 6.2.0, 25 November 2025, CC BY 4.0. Unit div1 n=26; page NHAM02.38, lines 12–17. The metadata names no English translator.
Consulted scholarly Coptic edition and page/line markers
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Babylon Learning Centre. “Gospel of Thomas, Saying 26: clear sight before helping another.” Passage Research Studio, revision 1, 5 November 2026. https://learn.babylonencyclopedia.com/research/passages/thomas-saying-twenty-six/
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