According to (κατα). Probably to be connected with εκλεκτοις rather than with αποστολος in spite of a rather loose arrangement of …

Remainder of Introductory Notes and Notes on 1 Peter Verses 1 and 2

III.—The Characteristics of the First Epistle of Peter.

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Elect.—A true chosen people. This word distinguishes them from the other Jewish settlers in those regions. It is an evasi…

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to th…

Peter next announces some basic themes of his letter that will later be expanded and developed. He reminds his readers of their Triune faith and of…

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father , &c.] Not to any office, as to that of bishops or presbyters; for…

This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live, and are scattered through the nation…