1 Peter 1:1 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition PETER, AN apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ, [writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, American Standard Version (1901) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Common English Bible Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s chosen strangers in the world of the diaspora, who live in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Catholic Public Domain Version Peter, Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the newly-arrived elect of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, |
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.
You have made us like sheep for slaughter, and have scattered us among the nations.
But I will spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword among the nations and be scattered through the countries.
And you I will scatter among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword against you; your land shall be a desolation, and your cities a waste.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen.
And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
Now those who were scattered went from place to place, proclaiming the word.
The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself.
and all the members of God's family who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:
remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,
The Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
I thought to scatter them and blot out the memory of them from humankind;
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples; only a few of you will be left among the nations where the Lord will lead you.
You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
saying, “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”