But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
    It is an unfounded assumption that the "end" of which Peter speaks is a referral to Jesus’ Second Coming. One translation erroneous put it "The end of the world is coming soon," meaning also Jesus’ Second Coming. It was the "end of the world", that it, the Jewish world, the "last days" of the Mosaical dispensation.