1-21:21
ΚΗΡΙΝΟΘΣ δέ τις, καὶ αὐτὸς Αἰγυπτίων παιδείᾳ ἀσκηθεὶς, ἔλεγεν οὐχ ὑπὸ τοῦ προώτου Θεοῦ γεγονέναι τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ δυνάμεως τινὸς κεχωρισμένης, καὶ ἀπεχούσης τῆς ὑπὲρ τὰ ὅλα ἐξουσίας, καὶ ἀγνοούσης τὸν ὑπὲρ πάντα Θεόν. Τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν ὑπέθετο μὴ ἐκ παρθένου γεγενῆσθαι, γεγονέναι δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Μαρίας οἷον ι. οὑὸν, ὁμοίως τοῖς λοιποῖς ἅποσιν ἀνθρώποις, καὶ δικαιότερον γεγονέναι ΙΝΤ. καὶ φρονιμώτερον καὶ σοφώτερον. Καὶ μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα κατελθεῖν εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν ι. ἀπὸ τῆς ὑπὲρ τὰ ὅλα αὐθεντίας, τὸν Χριστὸν ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς· καὶ τότε κηρῦξαι τὸν γνωστὸν ι. ἄγνωστον πατέρα, καὶ δυνάμεις ἐπιτελέσαι, πρὸς δὲ τῷ τέλει, ἀποστῆναι τὸν Χριστὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ τὸν Ἰησοῦν πεπονθέναι καὶ ἐγηγέρθαι, τὸν δὲ Χριστὸν ἀπαθῆ διαμεμενηκέναι πατρικὸν ι. πνευματικὸν ὑπάρχοντα
有一位名叫革林妥（Cerinthus）的人，他自己也受過埃及人的學問訓練，他主張世界並非由那位首先的神所造，而是由某種與「超乎萬有的權能」分離且遠離之的能力所造，這能力並不認識那位超乎一切之上的神。他設想耶穌並非由童女所生，乃是約瑟與馬利亞所生之子，如同其餘所有的人一樣，只是他比眾人更公義、更明智、更有智慧。在他受洗之後，那位基督以鴿子的形狀，從那「超乎萬有的主權」降臨在他身上；於是他便傳講那不為人知的父，並施行大能；但到了末了，基督從耶穌身上離去，耶穌就受苦並復活，而基督則仍舊不能受苦，因為他屬於父、是屬靈的。
A certain Cerinthus, who had himself been trained in the learning of the Egyptians, taught that the world was not made by the first God, but by a certain Power separated and remote from the Authority that is above all things, and ignorant of the God who is over all. He supposed that Jesus was not born of a virgin, but was the son of Joseph and Mary, like all other men, and that he was more righteous, more prudent, and wiser than the rest. And after his baptism, the Christ, in the form of a dove, descended upon him from that Sovereignty which is above all things; and then he proclaimed the unknown Father and performed mighty works. But toward the end, the Christ withdrew from Jesus; and Jesus suffered and rose again, while the Christ remained impassible, being spiritual and belonging to the Father.