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I did this earlier, but here’s a fuller comparison between the Greek and Coptic texts. For the moment, here’s P. Oxy. 654.
Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke and Didymus Judas Thomas wrote down.
(1) And He said, “He who finds the interpretation of these words will not taste of death.”
P. Oxy. 654:
Οιτοι οἱ (= Οὗτοι οἱ) λόγοι οἱ ἀπόκρυφοι οὓς ἐλά]
λησεν ΙΗϹ ὁ ζῶν καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰούδας ὁ]
καὶ Θωμᾶ{ς} και είπεν ὃς ἄν τὴν ἑρμηνεί]
αν τὸν λόγον τοῦτον εὕρισκῃ θανάτου]
οὐ μὴ γεύσεταί -----
These are the [hidden] words [that] the living Jesus spoke an[d Judas who is] also Thomas [wrote down.]
(1) And He said, “[He who finds the interpretat]ion of the[se] words will certainly not taste [of death].”
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Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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(2) Jesus said, “Let him who seeks not stops seeking until he finds. And when he finds he will be troubled, and when he is troubled he will be astounded, and he will reign over the all (lit. ‘the all-of-it’).”
P. Oxy. 654:
-------- Λέγει ΙΗϹ]
Μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζητῶν τοῦ ζητεῖν ἕως ἂ]
εὕρη καὶ ὅταν εὕρῃ θαμβηθήσεται καὶ θαμ]
βηθεὶς βασιλεύσ{ει} καὶ βασιλεύσας ἀναπα]
ήσεται.
(2) [Jesus says,] “Let him who see[ks] not stop [seeking unti]l he finds. And when he finds [he will be astounded, **and] having been [astoun]ded he will reign, an[d having reigned] he will [rest.]”
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Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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(3) Jesus said this, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘Behold, the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of the heaven will precede you. If they say to you this: ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. But the kingdom is within you and is outside of you. When you know yourselves, then they will know you, and you will know that you are the sons of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty, and you are the poverty.”
P. Oxy. 654:
Λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς· Ἐὰν]
οἱ ἕλκοντες {ὑ}μᾶς εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν· Ἰδοὺ]
ἡ βασιλεία ἐν οὐρανῷ ὑμᾶς φθήσεται]
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐὰν δ᾿ εἴπωσιν ὅ]
τι ὑπὸ τὴν γήν ἐστιν εἰσελεύσονται]
οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης προφθάσαν]
τες ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ]
ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐ]σ̣τι κἀκτός· ὃς ἂν ἑαυτὸν]
γνῷ, ταύτην εὑρήσει καὶ ὅτε ὑμεῖς]
ἑαυτοὺς γνώσεσθ{ε} εἴσεσθε ὅτι υἱοί]
ἐστε τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ζῶντος εἰ δὲ μὴ]
γνώσ{εσ}θε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν τῇ πτωχείᾳ ἐστὲ]
καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἡ πτωχεία]
(3) Je[sus] says, “[If] those pulling you [say to you, ‘Behold], the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of the heaven [will precede you. If they say that] it is under the earth, then the fish of the sea [will enter it, preceding] you. And the [kingdom **((of God))] is within you ((and outside.)) He who] knows [himself] will find this. [And when you] know yourselves, [you will know that] you are [sons] of the [living] Father. [But if you] will [not] know yourselves, [you are] in [poverty] and you are the poverty.”
Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke and Didymus Judas Thomas wrote down.
(1) And He said, “He who finds the interpretation of these words will not taste of death.”
P. Oxy. 654:
Οιτοι οἱ (= Οὗτοι οἱ) λόγοι οἱ ἀπόκρυφοι οὓς ἐλά]
λησεν ΙΗϹ ὁ ζῶν καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰούδας ὁ]
καὶ Θωμᾶ{ς} και είπεν ὃς ἄν τὴν ἑρμηνεί]
αν τὸν λόγον τοῦτον εὕρισκῃ θανάτου]
οὐ μὴ γεύσεταί -----
These are the [hidden] words [that] the living Jesus spoke an[d Judas who is] also Thomas [wrote down.]
(1) And He said, “[He who finds the interpretat]ion of the[se] words will certainly not taste [of death].”
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Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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(2) Jesus said, “Let him who seeks not stops seeking until he finds. And when he finds he will be troubled, and when he is troubled he will be astounded, and he will reign over the all (lit. ‘the all-of-it’).”
P. Oxy. 654:
-------- Λέγει ΙΗϹ]
Μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζητῶν τοῦ ζητεῖν ἕως ἂ]
εὕρη καὶ ὅταν εὕρῃ θαμβηθήσεται καὶ θαμ]
βηθεὶς βασιλεύσ{ει} καὶ βασιλεύσας ἀναπα]
ήσεται.
(2) [Jesus says,] “Let him who see[ks] not stop [seeking unti]l he finds. And when he finds [he will be astounded, **and] having been [astoun]ded he will reign, an[d having reigned] he will [rest.]”
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Nag Hammadi (Codex II):
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(3) Jesus said this, “If those who lead you say to you, ‘Behold, the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of the heaven will precede you. If they say to you this: ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. But the kingdom is within you and is outside of you. When you know yourselves, then they will know you, and you will know that you are the sons of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty, and you are the poverty.”
P. Oxy. 654:
Λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς· Ἐὰν]
οἱ ἕλκοντες {ὑ}μᾶς εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν· Ἰδοὺ]
ἡ βασιλεία ἐν οὐρανῷ ὑμᾶς φθήσεται]
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐὰν δ᾿ εἴπωσιν ὅ]
τι ὑπὸ τὴν γήν ἐστιν εἰσελεύσονται]
οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλάσσης προφθάσαν]
τες ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ]
ἐντὸς ὑμῶν ἐ]σ̣τι κἀκτός· ὃς ἂν ἑαυτὸν]
γνῷ, ταύτην εὑρήσει καὶ ὅτε ὑμεῖς]
ἑαυτοὺς γνώσεσθ{ε} εἴσεσθε ὅτι υἱοί]
ἐστε τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ζῶντος εἰ δὲ μὴ]
γνώσ{εσ}θε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν τῇ πτωχείᾳ ἐστὲ]
καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἡ πτωχεία]
(3) Je[sus] says, “[If] those pulling you [say to you, ‘Behold], the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of the heaven [will precede you. If they say that] it is under the earth, then the fish of the sea [will enter it, preceding] you. And the [kingdom **((of God))] is within you ((and outside.)) He who] knows [himself] will find this. [And when you] know yourselves, [you will know that] you are [sons] of the [living] Father. [But if you] will [not] know yourselves, [you are] in [poverty] and you are the poverty.”
Is that the good news? Figure it our or you are dead? 
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