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1 Peter 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Peter
Petros (Greek #4074)
a (piece of) rock (larger than 3037); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
KJV usage: Peter, rock. Compare 2786.
Pronounce: pet'-ros
Origin: apparently a primary word
, an apostle
apostolos (Greek #652)
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
KJV usage: apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Pronounce: ap-os'-tol-os
Origin: from 649
of Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
, to the strangers
parepidemos (Greek #3927)
an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner
KJV usage: pilgrim, stranger.
Pronounce: par-ep-id'-ay-mos
Origin: from 3844 and the base of 1927
scatteredb throughout
diaspora (Greek #1290)
dispersion, i.e. (specially and concretely) the (converted) Israelite resident in Gentile countries
KJV usage: (which are) scattered (abroad).
Pronounce: dee-as-por-ah'
Origin: from 1289
Pontus
Pontos (Greek #4195)
Pontus, a region of Asia Minor
KJV usage: Pontus.
Pronounce: pon'-tos
Origin: a sea
, Galatia
Galatia (Greek #1053)
Galatia, a region of Asia
KJV usage: Galatia.
Pronounce: gal-at-ee'-ah
Origin: of foreign origin
, Cappadocia
Kappadokia (Greek #2587)
Cappadocia, a region of Asia Minor
KJV usage: Cappadocia.
Pronounce: kap-pad-ok-ee'-ah
Origin: of foreign origin
, Asia
Asia (Greek #773)
Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore
KJV usage: Asia.
Pronounce: as-ee'-ah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
Bithynia
Bithunia (Greek #978)
Bithynia, a region of Asia
KJV usage: Bithynia.
Pronounce: bee-thoo-nee'-ah
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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eklektos (Greek #1588)
select; by implication, favorite
KJV usage: chosen, elect.
Pronounce: ek-lek-tos'
Origin: from 1586
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Acts 8:4• 4Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word. (Acts 8:4)

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Apostle,
Asia,
Bithynia,
Cappadocia,
Christ,
Galatia,
Peter,
Pontus,
Stranger,
The Lord Jesus

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  He blesses God for his manifold spiritual graces;
10-12:  shewing that the salvation in Christ is no news, but a thing prophesied of old;
13-25:  and exhorts them accordingly to a godly conversation, forasmuch as they are now born anew by the word of God.
Peter.
Matt. 4:18• 18And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers; (Matt. 4:18)
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Matt. 10:2• 2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; (Matt. 10:2)
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John 1:41‑42• 41He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
 42And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone). (John 1:41‑42)
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John 21:15‑17• 15When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
 16He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
 17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)
the.
1 Peter 2:11• 11Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)
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Acts 2:5‑11• 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
 6But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
 7And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans?
 8and how do *we* hear them each in our own dialect in which we have been born,
 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
 10both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning here, both Jews and proselytes,
 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God? (Acts 2:5‑11)
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Eph. 2:12,19• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 19So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, (Eph. 2:12,19)
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Heb. 11:13• 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth. (Heb. 11:13)
scattered.
Lev. 26:33• 33And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste. (Lev. 26:33)
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Deut. 4:27• 27And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you. (Deut. 4:27)
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Deut. 28:64• 64And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone. (Deut. 28:64)
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Deut. 32:26• 26I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men, (Deut. 32:26)
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Esther 3:8• 8And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. (Esther 3:8)
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Psa. 44:11• 11Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations; (Psa. 44:11)
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Ezek. 6:8• 8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. (Ezek. 6:8)
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John 7:35• 35The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? (John 7:35)
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John 11:52• 52and not for the nation only, but that he should also gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad. (John 11:52)
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Acts 8:4• 4Those then that had been scattered went through the countries announcing the glad tidings of the word. (Acts 8:4)
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James 1:1• 1James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting. (James 1:1)
Pontus.
Acts 2:5,9‑10• 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.
 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
 10both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning here, both Jews and proselytes, (Acts 2:5,9‑10)
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Acts 18:2• 2and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them, (Acts 18:2)
Galatia.
Acts 16:6• 6And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, (Acts 16:6)
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Acts 18:23• 23And having stayed there some time, he went forth, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing all the disciples. (Acts 18:23)
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Gal. 1:2• 2and all the brethren with me, to the assemblies of Galatia. (Gal. 1:2)
Cappadocia.
Acts 2:9• 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (Acts 2:9)
Asia.
Acts 6:9• 9And there arose up certain of those of the synagogue called of freedmen, and of Cyrenians, and of Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. (Acts 6:9)
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Acts 16:6• 6And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, (Acts 16:6)
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Acts 19:10• 10And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 19:10)
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Acts 20:16‑18• 16for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.
 17But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over to him the elders of the assembly.
 18And when they were come to him, he said to them, *Ye* know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia, (Acts 20:16‑18)
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1 Cor. 16:19• 19The assemblies of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the assembly in their house, salute you much in the Lord. (1 Cor. 16:19)
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2 Cor. 1:8• 8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living. (2 Cor. 1:8)
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2 Tim. 1:15• 15Thou knowest this, that all who are in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me. (2 Tim. 1:15)
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Rev. 1:11• 11saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. (Rev. 1:11)
Bithynia.
Acts 16:7• 7having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; (Acts 16:7)
• We have the call to heaven in the first chapter; our holy and our royal priesthood in the second, with the duties that flow from the position; the walk of subjection and suffering in the third chapter; the Spirit of God and of glory resting on you in the fourth; and now in the fifth God feeding, sustaining, strengthening you, and never leaving you till He has placed you in glory with His Son. (“Exhortations” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• "The dispersion" is a phrase evidently familiar to the Jews, which first occurs in John 7:35, and clearly means the Jews dispersed among the Greeks or Gentiles. (“1 Peter 1:1” by W. Kelly)
• Out of the Jewish people, when the Apostle wrote, God is choosing to a heavenly calling by the faith of Him Whom the nation rejected and God has glorified on high. They are His present election while the heavens receive the Lord Jesus. To these only does Peter here write. (“1 Peter 1:1” by W. Kelly)
• It is the more remarkable, because, as we know, the churches throughout Asia Minor had been founded by the Apostle Paul and consisted largely of those who had been Gentiles. The delicate consideration of Peter is the more striking, because he directs his appeals throughout a part of that land to those Christian Jews who fell under his administration. Needless to say, his instruction in no way clashed with that which Paul had preached, taught, and written to them, whether Jews or Gentiles. (“1 Peter 1:1” by W. Kelly)
• {They} were elect pilgrims. The world of man's home was not theirs, nor yet was Canaan, but heaven, yea the Father's house above. (“1 Peter 1:1” by W. Kelly)
• It presents Christians, and in particular Christians among the Jews, as pilgrims and strangers on earth. The conduct suited to such is more largely developed than the doctrine. The Lord Jesus, who was Himself a pilgrim and a stranger here, is presented as a pattern in more than one aspect. (“1 Peter 1” by J.N. Darby)
• The first {epistle} gives the government of God in favor of believers, the second in the judgment of the wicked. (“1 Peter 1” by J.N. Darby)
• It was Paul who traversed these lands and evangelized the Jews while carrying the Gospel to the Gentiles; so Peter exercised his ministry towards them by pen and ink. (“1 Peter: Introduction” by F.B. Hole)
• It is a definitely pastoral epistle. Peter manifests throughout it his shepherd care for the spiritual well-being of those to whom he wrote. (“1 Peter: Introduction” by F.B. Hole)
• He quotes plentifully from the Old Testament; but beyond this, almost every sentence contains an allusion to the ancient Scriptures, and it is the catching of these allusions that so greatly helps in the understanding of the Epistle. (“1 Peter: Introduction” by F.B. Hole)
•  “Sojourners of the dispersion,” to people who were a standing witness to the fact that the Jew had forfeited his ancient privileges. (“1 Peter 1” by F.B. Hole)
• As mentioned, Peter labours to establish Jewish believers in the new way of life in Christianity and in the exercises that are proper to a believer walking by faith in that path. For this reason, his ministry has an application to Gentile believers too—for all Christians, not just Jewish converts, need practical exhortation in regard to Christian living. Thus, Peter’s ministry is mostly pastoral, touching heavily on the practical side of Christianity. WTPW (“Introduction” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojournerse of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 2.11; Heb. 11.13.

W. Kelly Translation

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Peter, apostlea of Jesus Christ to electb sojourners scattered through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithyniac,

WK Translation Notes

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Our language is not so lacking in power to characterize that it should be necessary to introduce "a" or "the" where Greek does not. Thus Peter, "apostle of Jesus Christ" is really more expressive and correct than "an" apostle.
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"To the elect who are sojourners" is surely to go beyond the text which speaks only of "elect sojourners" dispersed in Pontus, etc.
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The RV, may be given in a form that suits English readers; but the strict force is, "Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to pilgrims (or sojourners) of dispersion, of (or in) Pontus, . . . elect according to foreknowledge of God [the] Father, by sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto obedience and blood-sprinkling of Jesus Christ." The absence of the article is intended, though no doubt our tongue does not admit of the omission so uniformly as the Greek. These are the Israel of God, Gentiles are not addressed in the greeting only the Christian remnant of Jews in the designated quarter of Asia Minor.