Here is the second iteration in the Catenae Catenae Graecorum of 1 Thessalonians. Today’s text is rather simple, as it is the table of contents for the book. Enjoy:

ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ

ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣ

ΘΕΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ

 α´.        Ἔπαινος θεσσαλονικέων ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀξίοις τῶν Ἀποστόλων ἀγῶσιν.

β´.        Πόθος αὐτῶν καὶ χαρὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ μέριμνα, ὅπως τελειωθῶσιν.

γ´.        Εὐχὴ πρὸς Θεὸν περὶ ἀφίξεως τῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς αὐξήσεως καὶ βεβαιώσεως Θεσσαλονικέων, ἕως τῆς παρουσίας Χριστοῦ.

δ´.        Παραίνεσις σωφροσύνης, δικαιοσύνης, ὡς ἐπὶ κρίσει φιλαδελφίας, ἐργασίας ἰδιοπράγμονος.

ε´.        Διδασκαλία περὶ τῆς τοῦ Θανάτου καταλύσεως ἐπὶ ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν ἐπιφανεία Χριστοῦ.

ϛ´.        Περὶ τοῦ αἰφνιδίως ἥξειν τὸν Χριστὸν, ὥστε δεῖν εὐτρεπίζεσθαι σπουδῇ, πίστει, ἐλπίδι, ἀγάπῃ, τιμῇ, εἰρήνῃ, μακροθυμίᾳ, φιλομαθείᾳ.

ζ´.        Εὐχὴ περὶ ἁγιασμοῦ πνεύματος, καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος.

THE CHAPTERS

 OF THE FIRST EPISTLE

TO THE THESSALONIANS

α´.        Praise of the Thessalonians for their struggles worthy of the apostles.

β´.        Longing for them, and joy in them, and care so that they might be made complete.

γ´.        Prayer to God concerning his arrival and of the growth and confirmation of the Thessalonians until the coming of Christ.

δ´.        Exhortation for a sound-mind, justice as upon judgment, brotherly love, and minding one’s own work.

[edit:    Exhortation for a sound-mind, righteousness (i.e. sexual purity), brotherly love with discernment, and minding one’s own work.]

ε´.        Teaching about the dissolution of death for those who are living and the appearance of Christ for those who have died.

ϛ´.        Concerning the unknown time of Christ’s return, so that there is a need to be ready with haste, faith, hope, love, honor, peace, long-suffering, and a love of learning.

ζ´.        A prayer concerning the sanctification of the spirit, soul, and body.