On Pascha · §1.35

Beginning and first

For in the case of Wisdom he takes the beginning, and he says the Word is not beginning but "in the beginning." For when the Son is with the Father in his own glory, he is not said to be first; for this belongs to the Father alone. For God alone is unbegotten, but the Son is not first [...] that [...] he wisely administers all things, he is beginning.

Greek

Ἐπὶ γὰρ τῆ[ς σο]φίας τὴν ἀρχὴν λαμβάνε[ι κα]ὶ τ[ὸν λ]όγον <λέγει> οὐκ ἀρχὴ[ν εἶν]αι [ἀλλ'] "ἐν ἀρχῇ". Ὅτε γὰρ πα[ρὰ τῷ π(ατ)ρὶ ὁ υ(ἱὸ)ς] ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ [ἐστίν, οὐ πρ]ῶτος [εἶ]ναι [λέγεται· τοῦτο γ]ὰρ μόνου τ[οῦ π(ατ)ρ(ό)ς ἐστιν· μ]όνος γὰρ ὁ θ(εὸ)ς ἀ[γέννητος, ὁ δὲ υ(ἱὸ)ς οὔ]κ ἐστιν πρῶ[τος ... ]τον ... ε ... ν ... [πρ]ῶτο ... ὅτι κ[α]ὶ ... παν ... νεν ... ομε ... πρῶτον ... ων ... ρ τὸ πρ[ῶτός] ἐστ[ιν ... ]ι καὶ σο[φ]ῶς τὰ ὅ[λα οἰ]κον[ο]μ[ε]ῖ, ἀρχή [ἐσ]τιν·