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And here it is, I say it with sorrow, here it is that men fall short so miserably. Few indeed are to be found who pray: there are many who go down on their knees, and say a form perhaps, but few who pray; few who cry out to God, few who call on the Lord, few who seek as if they wanted to find, few who knock as if they hungered and thirsted, few who wrestle, few who strive with God earnestly for an answer, few who give Him no rest, few who continue in prayer, few who pray always without ceasing and do not grow weak. Yes: few pray! It is just one of the things assumed as a matter of course, but seldom practiced; a thing which is everybody's business, but in fact hardly anybody performs.
J.C. Ryle

A question frequently asked in Christian relationships is, How far can we go physically? This question is really asking, How close can we get to the line without crossing over into sin? By contrast, the chastity principle asks, How pure and holy can I be? Sex is God's wedding gift, and He does not want it to be opened early! Avoid behavior you would one day regret if your relationship were to be broken off. The safest approach is to treat the person you are dating as if he or she might be someone else's spouse (cf. 1Thes. 4:3-7) (Rick Holland).
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Latin Vulgate Mark Chapter 13:1-37.

Index: Latin Vulgate

 

Mark 13

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13:1 et cum egrederetur de templo ait illi unus ex discipulis suis magister aspice quales lapides et quales structurae

13:2 et respondens Iesus ait illi vides has omnes magnas aedificationes non relinquetur lapis super lapidem qui non destruatur

13:3 et cum sederet in montem Olivarum contra templum interrogabant eum separatim Petrus et Iacobus et Iohannes et Andreas

13:4 dic nobis quando ista fient et quod signum erit quando haec omnia incipient consummari

13:5 et respondens Iesus coepit dicere illis videte ne quis vos seducat

13:6 multi enim venient in nomine meo dicentes quia ego sum et multos seducent

13:7 cum audieritis autem bella et opiniones bellorum ne timueritis oportet enim fieri sed nondum finis

13:8 exsurget autem gens super gentem et regnum super regnum et erunt terraemotus per loca et fames initium dolorum haec

13:9 videte autem vosmet ipsos tradent enim vos conciliis et in synagogis vapulabitis et ante praesides et reges stabitis propter me in testimonium illis

13:10 et in omnes gentes primum oportet praedicari evangelium

13:11 et cum duxerint vos tradentes nolite praecogitare quid loquamini sed quod datum vobis fuerit in illa hora id loquimini non enim estis vos loquentes sed Spiritus Sanctus

13:12 tradet autem frater fratrem in mortem et pater filium et consurgent filii in parentes et morte adficient eos

13:13 et eritis odio omnibus propter nomen meum qui autem sustinuerit in finem hic salvus erit

13:14 cum autem videritis abominationem desolationis stantem ubi non debet qui legit intellegat tunc qui in Iudaea sunt fugiant in montes

13:15 et qui super tectum ne descendat in domum nec introeat ut tollat quid de domo sua

13:16 et qui in agro erit non revertatur retro tollere vestimentum suum

13:17 vae autem praegnatibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus

13:18 orate vero ut hieme non fiant

13:19 erunt enim dies illi tribulationes tales quales non fuerunt ab initio creaturae quam condidit Deus usque nunc neque fient

13:20 et nisi breviasset Dominus dies non fuisset salva omnis caro sed propter electos quos elegit breviavit dies

13:21 et tunc si quis vobis dixerit ecce hic est Christus ecce illic ne credideritis

13:22 exsurgent enim pseudochristi et pseudoprophetae et dabunt signa et portenta ad seducendos si potest fieri etiam electos

13:23 vos ergo videte ecce praedixi vobis omnia

13:24 sed in illis diebus post tribulationem illam sol contenebrabitur et luna non dabit splendorem suum

13:25 et erunt stellae caeli decidentes et virtutes quae sunt in caelis movebuntur

13:26 et tunc videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus cum virtute multa et gloria

13:27 et tunc mittet angelos suos et congregabit electos suos a quattuor ventis a summo terrae usque ad summum caeli

13:28 a ficu autem discite parabolam cum iam ramus eius tener fuerit et nata fuerint folia cognoscitis quia in proximo sit aestas

13:29 sic et vos cum videritis haec fieri scitote quod in proximo sit in ostiis

13:30 amen dico vobis quoniam non transiet generatio haec donec omnia ista fiant

13:31 caelum et terra transibunt verba autem mea non transibunt

13:32 de die autem illo vel hora nemo scit neque angeli in caelo neque Filius nisi Pater

13:33 videte vigilate et orate nescitis enim quando tempus sit

13:34 sicut homo qui peregre profectus reliquit domum suam et dedit servis suis potestatem cuiusque operis et ianitori praecipiat ut vigilet

13:35 vigilate ergo nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat sero an media nocte an galli cantu an mane

13:36 ne cum venerit repente inveniat vos dormientes

13:37 quod autem vobis dico omnibus dico vigilate