Introduction
Constructing social identity through discourse : a socio-rhetorical approach for the study of Valentinian paraenesis
Defining paraenesis I : historical phases within the academic study of paraenesis
Defining paraenesis II : towards a functional understanding of paraenesis
Literary aspects of paraenesis : indicators of moral exhortation from the Greco-Roman world within Valentinianism
Two schools and the call to reconciliation : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Interpretation of knowledge
Existing in error : literary and social aspects of moral exhortation in the Gospel of truth
Conclusion.