Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

 (ii) The last times were to be times of the pouring out of God's Spirit upon men ( Acts 2:17). The early Christians saw that being fulfilled in Pentecost and in the Spirit-filled Church. 