<P> 1 Peter is addressed to the `` elect resident aliens '' scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia . The five areas listed in 1 : 1 as the geographical location of the first readers were Roman provinces in Asia Minor . The order in which the provinces are listed may reflect the route to be taken by the messenger who delivered the circular letter . The recipients of this letter are referred to in 1 : 1 as `` exiles of the Dispersion . '' In 1 : 17 , they are urged to `` live in reverent fear during the time of your exile '' . The social makeup of the addressees of 1 Peter is debatable because some scholars interpret `` strangers '' ( 1 : 1 ) as Christians longing for their home in heaven , some interpret it as literal `` strangers '' , or as an Old Testament adaptation applied to Christian believers . </P>
<P> 1 Peter is addressed to the `` elect resident aliens '' scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia . The five areas listed in 1 : 1 as the geographical location of the first readers were Roman provinces in Asia Minor . The order in which the provinces are listed may reflect the route to be taken by the messenger who delivered the circular letter . The recipients of this letter are referred to in 1 : 1 as `` exiles of the Dispersion . '' In 1 : 17 , they are urged to `` live in reverent fear during the time of your exile '' . The social makeup of the addressees of 1 Peter is debatable because some scholars interpret `` strangers '' ( 1 : 1 ) as Christians longing for their home in heaven , some interpret it as literal `` strangers '' , or as an Old Testament adaptation applied to Christian believers . </P>
who was the book of peter written to
who was the book of peter written to
the `` elect resident aliens '' scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia
the `` elect resident aliens '' scattered throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia