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31.692 1. Concerning repentance, and what is the time for repentance, and concerning its properties, and concerning its fruits. 2. Concerning the zeal of those who wish to please God being unmixed with anything contrary, and pure. 3. Concerning love for God, and what is the proof of it. 4. What is honor toward God, and what is dishonor. 5. Concerning love for one another, and its properties. 31.693 6. Concerning the necessity of speaking boldly in the confession of God, and of His Christ. 7. That the confession of the Lord is not sufficient for salvation for those who transgress His commandments. 8. Concerning faith and the full assurance of the Lord's words. 9. Concerning knowledge or ignorance of what is incumbent upon us. 10. What is the end of sin, and what is the end of the commandment of God. 11. Concerning the judgments of God, and the fear that comes from them. 12. Concerning setting aside and contradicting, or obedience and keeping of the will of God. 13. Concerning readiness at all times and the unceasing zeal of things pursued for the pleasing of God. 14. Concerning the opportune time for each of the things that are accomplished in part. 15. That one must not, by placing hope in the accomplishments of others, neglect one's own. 16. Concerning those who think to be benefited somewhat by living with the good and the pleasing, while not setting themselves right. 17. How one must be disposed toward the present time. 18. Concerning the manner and disposition of those who have been zealous for the commandment of God. 19. Concerning the one who hinders and the one who is hindered in regard to the commandment of God. 20. Concerning baptism, and what is the reason and the power of baptism. 21. Concerning communion of the body, and of the blood of Christ, and what is the reason for it. 22. How one is alienated from God, and through what things one is reconciled to God. 23. Concerning those who are defeated and fall into the sins which they hate. 24. Concerning falsehood and truth. 25. Concerning idle talk, and concerning the stewardship of serious words. 26. Concerning the necessity of using first the testimonies from the Scriptures for the confirmation of what is done or said by us, and then also those things known in common practice. 27. Concerning being made like God and the saints according to one's ability. 28. Concerning being discerning about good men, and their opposites. 29. Concerning how we confirm our profession. 31.696 30. Concerning the honor of votive offerings to God. 31. Concerning the use of things set apart for the saints. 32. Concerning debts and repayments. 33. Concerning those who cause scandal and those who are scandalized. 34. Concerning the necessity for each one in his own measure to be set forth as a type of good things to others. 35. Concerning those who make light of good things. 36. Concerning the honor and disposition toward the saints. 37. Concerning those who eagerly desire a few things according to their ability. 38. How one must welcome others. 39. Concerning steadfastness in the midst of scandals. 40. Concerning those who teach other doctrines. 41. Concerning the cutting off of those who cause scandal, and sparing the weaker. 42. Concerning the Lord's having come to fulfill the law. 43. Concerning the difference of the commandments of the Law and of the Gospel. 44. That the Lord's burden is light, but sin is heavy. 45. Concerning equality of honor and humility. 46. Concerning zeal for greater or lesser accomplishments. 47. Concerning wealth and poverty, and the things that accompany them. 48. Concerning doing good to the brethren, and working for this reason. 49. Concerning one who goes to law and avenges himself, or also another. 50. Concerning peace and peacemaking. 51. What sort of person ought he to be who attempts to correct his neighbor. 52. Concerning grief over those who sin, and how one must meet with them; and when to turn away from them, or when to receive them. 53. What is the judgment of those who bear a grudge for the things in which they seemed to be wronged. 54. Concerning judging, and concerning being judged. 55. Concerning the disposition and confession of the gifts of God, and of the [attitude] toward them

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31.692 αʹ Περὶ μετανοίας, καὶ τίς ὁ τῆς μετανοίας καιρὸς, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἰδιωμάτων αὐτῆς, καὶ περὶ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῆς. βʹ Περὶ τοῦ ἀμιγῆ παντὸς ἐναντίου, καὶ καθαρὰν εἶναι τὴν σπουδὴν τῶν εὐαρεστῆσαι τῷ Θεῷ βου λομένων. γʹ Περὶ τῆς εἰς Θεὸν ἀγάπης, καὶ τίς ἡ ταύτης ἀπόδειξις. δʹ Τίς ἡ εἰς Θεὸν τιμὴ, καὶ τίς ἡ ἀτιμία. εʹ Περὶ τῆς εἰς ἀλλήλους ἀγάπης, καὶ τῶν ταύτης ἰδιωμάτων. 31.693 ʹ Περὶ τοῦ δεῖν παῤῥησιάζεσθαι ἐν τῇ ὁμολογίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. ζʹ Ὅτι μὴ ἀρκεῖ πρὸς σωτηρίαν ἡ ὁμολογία τοῦ Κυρίου τοῖς τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ παραβαίνουσιν. ηʹ Περὶ πίστεως καὶ πληροφορίας τῶν τοῦ Κυρίου ῥημάτων. θʹ Περὶ γνώσεως ἢ ἀγνοίας τῶν ἐπιβαλλόντων ἡμῖν. ιʹ Τί τὸ τέλος τῆς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ τί τῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ. ιαʹ Περὶ κριμάτων Θεοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἀπ' αὐτῶν φό βου. ιβʹ Περὶ ἀθετήσεως καὶ ἀντιλογίας, ἢ ὑπακοῆς καὶ φυλακῆς τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ θελημάτων. ιγʹ Περὶ τῆς ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἑτοιμότητος καὶ ἀν υπερθέτου σπουδῆς τῶν πρὸς εὐαρέστησιν Θεοῦ σπουδαζομένων. ιδʹ Περὶ τῆς ἑκάστου τῶν κατὰ μέρος κατορθου μένων εὐκαιρίας. ιεʹ Ὅτι μὴ δεῖ τοῖς ἄλλων κατορθώμασιν ἐπελπί ζοντα, τῶν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀμελεῖν. ιʹ Περὶ τῶν οἰομένων ὠφελεῖσθαί τι ἐκ τοῦ συζῇν τοῖς καλοῖς καὶ εὐαρέστοις, καὶ ἑαυτοὺς μὴ κατορ θούντων. ιζʹ Πῶς δεῖ πρὸς τὸν παρόντα καιρὸν διατίθεσθαι. ιηʹ Περὶ τρόπου καὶ διαθέσεως τῶν περὶ τὴν ἐντο λὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐσπουδακότων. ιθʹ Περὶ ἐμποδίζοντος καὶ ἐμποδιζομένου εἰς τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ. κʹ Περὶ βαπτίσματος, καὶ τίς ὁ λόγος καὶ ἡ δύναμις τοῦ βαπτίσματος. καʹ Περὶ κοινωνίας τοῦ σώματος, καὶ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τίς ὁ ταύτης λόγος. κβʹ Πῶς ἀπαλλοτριοῦταί τις Θεοῦ, καὶ διὰ τίνων οἰ κειοῦται Θεῷ. κγʹ Περὶ τῶν ἡττωμένων καὶ εἰς ἃ μισοῦσιν ἁμαρ τήματα. κδʹ Περὶ ψεύδους καὶ ἀληθείας. κεʹ Περὶ ἀργολογίας, καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν σπουδαίων λόγων οἰκονομίας. κʹ Περὶ τοῦ δεῖν κεχρῆσθαι πρῶτον μὲν ταῖς ἀπὸ τῶν Γραφῶν μαρτυρίαις εἰς σύστασιν τῶν παρ' ἡμῶν γινομένων ἢ λεγομένων, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ γνωριζομένοις. κζʹ Περὶ τῆς πρὸς Θεὸν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους κατὰ δύναμιν ἐξομοιώσεως. κηʹ Περὶ τοῦ διακριτικὸν εἶναι περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀν δρῶν, καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων. κθʹ Περὶ τοῦ, ποίῳ τρόπῳ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ἑαυτῶν πιστούμεθα. 31.696 λʹ Περὶ τιμῆς ἀναθημάτων Θεοῦ. λαʹ Περὶ χρήσεως τῶν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀφωρισμένων. λβʹ Περὶ χρεῶν καὶ ἀποδόσεων. λγʹ Περὶ σκανδαλιζόντων καὶ σκανδαλιζομένων. λδʹ Περὶ τοῦ δεῖν ἕκαστον ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ μέτρῳ τύπον τῶν καλῶν προκεῖσθαι τοῖς ἄλλοις. λεʹ Περὶ τῶν τὰ καλὰ φαυλιζόντων. λʹ Περὶ τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους τιμῆς καὶ διαθέσεως. λζʹ Περὶ τῶν ὀλίγα κατὰ δύναμιν προθυμουμένων. ληʹ Ὅπως χρὴ δεξιοῦσθαι. λθʹ Περὶ τῆς ἐν τοῖς σκανδάλοις στεῤῥότητος. μʹ Περὶ ἑτεροδιδασκαλούντων. μαʹ Περὶ ἐκκοπῆς τῶν σκανδαλιζόντων, καὶ φειδοῦς τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων. μβʹ Περὶ τοῦ τὸν Κύριον ἐπὶ τῷ πληρῶσαι τὸν νόμον ἐληλυθέναι. μγʹ Περὶ διαφορᾶς ἐντολῶν τοῦ νόμου καὶ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου. μδʹ Ὅτι ἐλαφρὸν τὸ τοῦ Κυρίου φορτίον, βαρεῖα δὲ ἡ ἁμαρτία. μεʹ Περὶ ἰσοτιμίας καὶ ταπεινοφροσύνης. μʹ Περὶ σπουδῆς κατορθωμάτων μειζόνων ἢ ἐλατ τόνων. μζʹ Περὶ πλούτου καὶ πτωχείας, καὶ τῶν τούτοις παρεπομένων. μηʹ Περὶ τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς εὐποιίας, καὶ τῆς διὰ ταύτην ἐργασίας. μθʹ Περὶ δικαζομένου καὶ ἐκδικοῦντος ἑαυτὸν, ἢ καὶ ἕτερον. νʹ Περὶ εἰρήνης καὶ εἰρηνοποιίας. ναʹ Ποταπὸς ὀφείλει εἶναι ὁ τὸν πλησίον διορθοῦσθαι πειρώμενος. νβʹ Περὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσι λύπης, καὶ ὅπως αὐτοῖς συντυγχάνειν χρή· καὶ πότε αὐτοὺς ἀποστρέφεσθαι, ἢ πότε προσδέχεσθαι. νγʹ Τί τὸ κρῖμα τῶν ἐφ' οἷς ἔδοξαν ἀδικεῖσθαι μνησικακούντων. νδʹ Περὶ τοῦ κρίνειν, καὶ περὶ τοῦ διακρίνεσθαι. νεʹ Περὶ διαθέσεως καὶ ὁμολογίας τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ χαρι σμάτων, καὶ τῆς ἐπ' αὐτοῖς