1 Peter 1:1

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From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. To God’s chosen people, who are living away from their land. You’re scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

Cross References

James 1:1

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the 12 tribes scattered among the nations. Greetings.

Hebrews 11:13

All of these people were still living by faith when they died. They didn’t receive the things God had promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a long way off. They admitted that they were outsiders and strangers on earth.

Ephesians 2:19

So you’re no longer outsiders and strangers. Instead, you’re citizens together with God’s people, and you’re members of God’s family.

Acts 8:4

The believers who’d been scattered preached the word everywhere they went.

John 11:52

and not only for that nation, but for God’s children scattered everywhere. Jesus’ death would bring them together and make them one.

Matthew 24:22

“If that time were not cut short, no one would survive. But because of God’s chosen people, it will be shortened.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, in this world you’re outsiders who are living away from their land. So don’t give in to your wrong desires, which fight against your soul.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To you who have received a faith as precious as ours and who have been made right with our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that you used to be separated from Christ. You weren’t considered to be citizens of Israel, and so you didn’t have a share in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

2 Corinthians 1:8

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the difficulties we went through in the province of Asia. We were in great distress—far more than we could stand. We even thought we were going to die.

Acts 18:2

There he met a Jew named Aquila, who was originally from Pontus. Aquila had recently moved from Italy with his wife Priscilla after the emperor Claudius ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write what you see on a scroll and send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that all the believers in the province of Asia have deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

1 Corinthians 16:19

The churches in the province of Asia send you their greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets in their house.

Acts 19:10

This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 18:23

After Paul had spent some time there, he set out once again and traveled throughout Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples in those regions.

Acts 6:9

But members of a group called the Synagogue of the Freedmen began to oppose him. Some of them were Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. Others were Jews from Cilicia and Asia. They all began to argue with Stephen.

John 7:35

The Jews asked each other, “Where is this man planning to go, if we won’t be able to find him there? Will he go to where our people are living scattered among the Greeks, and will he teach the Greeks there?

Matthew 10:2

Here are the names of the 12 apostles. First, Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew; then James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Matthew 4:18

One day Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee. There he saw two brothers, Simon, who was later called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the lake, because they were fishermen.

Luke 18:7

And won’t God make things right for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?