A Necessary Being is by definition a mode (kind) of being that cannot be. That is, by its very mode (modality), it must be. It cannot come to be or cease to be. But to be caused means to come to be.
Hence, a Necessary Being cannot be caused. For what comes to be is not necessary.
But a Necessary Being cannot be contingent(i.e., non-necessary) in its being which would be a contradiction (no. 3).
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