51. And I turned and saw other righteous men coming from a distance and I asked the angel: Who are these, sir? And he answered me: They are Elijah and Elisha. And they greeted me. And I said to them: Who are you? And one of them answered me and I said: I am Elijah, the prophet of God. I am Elijah who prayed and because of my word heaven did not rain for three years and six months on account of the unrighteousness of men. God who does the will of his servants is righteous and true. For of the the angels prayed the Lord for rain, and he said: Be patient until my servant Elijah prays and begs for this, and I will send rain on the earth. . . .

The suffering which each endures for God’s sake, God will repay him twofold. Blessed are you, Paul, and blessed is the people who will believe through you. And as he was speaking another, Enoch, came and greeted me and said to me: The sufferings which a man endures for the sake of God, God does not afflict him when he leaves the world.

As he was speaking to me, behold, two others came up together and another was coming after them crying out to them: Wait for me, that I may come to see Paul the beloved of God; there will be deliverance for us (?) if we see him while he is still in the body. I said to the angel: My lord, who are these? He said to me: This is Zacharias and John his son. I said to the angel: And the other who runs after them? He said: This is Abel whom Cain killed. They greeted me and said to me: Blessed are you, Paul, you who are righteous in all your works. John said: I am he whose head they took off in prison for the sake of a woman who danced at a feast. Zacharias said: I am he whom they killed while I was presenting the offerings to God; and when the angels came for the offering, they carried up my body to God, and no man found where my body was taken. Abel said: I am he whom Cain killed while I was presenting a sacrifice to God. The sufferings which we endured for the sake of God are nothing; what we have done for the sake of God we have forgotten. And the righteous and all the angels surrounded me, and they rejoiced with me [because] they had seen me in the flesh.

And I looked and saw another who surpassed them all, very beautiful. And I said to the angel: Who is this, my lord? He said to me: This is Adam, the father of you all. When he came to me, he greeted me with joy. He said to me: Courage, Paul, beloved of God, you who have brought a multitude to faith in God and to repentance, as I myself have repented and received my praise from the Compassionate and Merciful One.