DISCOURSE 9. Lent is the most convenient time to delve into the truths of the Divine Scriptures. A brief recapitulation of the preceding discourses and the resolution of perplexity regarding the power of man over animals. The likeness of God and the possibility for a person to achieve this. As a result, man is then deprived of a certain part of his power over animals, and for what purpose? Revealed in the fate of the primordial, as well as of each of the people, the wisdom and goodness of God and the beneficial influence of contemplation about this on the moral life of man.

CONVERSATION 10. An exhortation to those who are ashamed to come to the evening service and spiritual instruction after dinner, and a continuation of the explanation of the words of Scripture about the creation of man, about the power given to him over earthly creatures, about the divine blessing of the primordial husband and wife, about the appointment of appropriate food for them and all living creatures, and the divine approval of all created things. What is the meaning of the words: and rest on the seventh day from all Thy works, and bless... and sanctify it? An instruction to the listeners to convey the content of the conversation to those who were absent from the church and to constantly remember God themselves.

DISCOURSE 11. Rational order and purpose in the phenomena of nature, human affairs and ecclesiastical institutions: the expediency of establishing the Holy Forty Days and the task of the Christian life is to advance in virtue, eradicate passions and correct shortcomings, following the example of holy men who were of the same nature with us. An example of Ap. Paul, his humility and greatest feats according to his own image, forced by circumstances.

DISCOURSE 12. Chrysostom's return to the explanation of the words of the Book of Chrysostom, interrupted for a while. Genesis about the creation that followed six days. What is the meaning of the book of Genesis in heaven and earth? Divine omnipotence in the productivity of the primitive earth and its foundation on the waters. The obedience of the earthly elements to the Lord and the need for a person to obey the will of God, if he does not want to become like senseless cattle. The creation of the human body from the dust of the earth and the breath of life in his face. The superiority of the soul over the body and the lesson that follows from it.

DISCOURSE 13. Praise for the zeal of the listeners, which arouses the zeal of Chrysostom the preacher. The ineffable love of God for man, expressed in the image of his creation. Against those who said that the human soul is from the essence of God, or did not distinguish it from the vital force of animals. Why was the human body created before the soul? The paradise of Eden was on Earth, not in heaven, and the story of its planting must be understood in a Godly manner, without going into allegories. A Christian must combine a virtuous life with pure dogmas.

DISCOURSE 14. An inducement of listeners to the most attentive consideration of the words of the Divine Scriptures. Explanation of the words: And the Lord God took a man and set him in a paradise of sweetness, to make him and to keep him. The honor and purpose of giving the commandment not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is not good for the man alone; let us make him a helper after him. Naming animals as a manifestation of the wisdom of the primordial and its dominion over animals.

DISCOURSE 15. Chrysostom's gratitude to his listeners for their love of the word of God and the explanation of the words: "Adam will not find a helper like him." The creation of a woman from Adam's rib during his ecstasy and extraordinary sleep, and the divine names used in the Scriptures. Adam's prophetic gift and the greatness of divine blessings to him; hence the moral lesson to the listeners about gratitude to God through deeds of virtue and the eradication of passions and weaknesses.

DISCOURSE 16. The inexhaustible richness of the Scriptures and the blessedness of the primordial ones. The malice and cunning of the devil, who chose the serpent as a weapon to tempt his wife. The deception of the woman through the serpent and the violation of the divine commandment by the primordial ones. The knowledge of good and evil among the first-created was even before eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the reason for such a name of the tree. Moisture from the tree of the cross.

DISCOURSE 17. God's love for mankind for the fallen ancestors and the awakening in them of the consciousness of the sin committed. The action of conscience in the soul of the ancestors and the internal consequences of sin; the direct divine judgment of the fallen, husband and wife, and the condemnation of the serpent, with the proclamation of his utter defeat by the seed of the woman; punishment for wife and husband, full of justice and care for a person.

DISCOURSE 18. In view of the fall of the primordial ones, the listeners are encouraged to be vigilant over themselves; the actions of divine care for the condemned. A lesson given to us by the leather garments of the primordial ones. Divine truth and mercy in the expulsion of the primordial from paradise and their settlement directly in paradise. The beginning of marriage and the primordial virginity. Eve's Good Sense at the Birth of Cain and the Sacrifice of Adam's First Sons. God's goodness to Cain after the rejection of his sacrifice and the moral lesson that follows from this.

DISCOURSE 19. Heavy slavery to sin and the free cry of man. Cain's incorrigibility and his terrible crime. God's immeasurable goodness to the fratricide, and his impenitence. Cain's Divine Punishment and Later Repentance. The threat of the sevenfold punishment of the murderer Cain and hence the moral lesson.

DISCOURSE 20. Repetition of the main ideas of the previous conversation. The place of Cain's settlement and the genealogy of his descendants. The words of Cainite Lamech to his wives and the repentance of sin expressed in them by the prompting of conscience; moral lesson from this. The story of the birth of Seth and Enos. A call to progress in virtue and especially to almsgiving.

DISCOURSE 21. It is necessary to delve into the Divine Scriptures with all diligence, invoking the grace of the Holy Spirit. Spirit. The new genealogy of Adam through Seth, about the omission of another generation, and the meaning of it. The good qualities of Seth and the thoughts of Eve at his birth. The meaning of names given to children. Enoch's godliness and the lesson he gives to husbands and wives. Further genealogy of the Setites and the prophecy of Lamech at the birth of Noah. Exhortation to the care of the soul and its adornment.

DISCOURSE 22. Righteous Noah and the greatness of his virtues in the midst of universal impiety. Man's free will in the choice of good and evil. The sons of God, who gave birth to the daughters of men, are not angels, but the descendants of Seth and Enos; The consequence of this mixing of the Sethites with the Cainites is a divine threat. To the increase of wickedness, the divine sentence of the destruction of men along with animals, and the salvation of Noah. An exhortation to virtue, as the most precious and necessary for the future life. The perniciousness of vanity.