1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

Cross References (33)

  • James 1:1 (12)

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

  • Acts 2:5–11 (10)

    Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

  • Hebrews 11:13 (9)

    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcom

  • Ephesians 2:19 (9)

    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household

  • 1 Peter 2:11 (7)

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

  • Acts 8:4 (6)

    Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

  • John 11:52 (5)

    and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

  • Matthew 24:22 (5)

    If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short

  • Psalms 44:11 (5)

    You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

  • Acts 16:6–7 (4)

    After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the regio

  • Deuteronomy 4:27 (4)

    Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD

  • John 21:15–17 (4)

    When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,

  • Esther 3:8 (4)

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province

  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (4)

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship

  • 2 Peter 1:1 (3)

    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus C

  • Ezekiel 6:8 (3)

    Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughou

  • Acts 18:2 (3)

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8 (3)

    We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a bur

  • Ephesians 2:12 (3)

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to th

  • Acts 18:23 (2)

    After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia,

  • Acts 6:9 (2)

    But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from

  • John 7:35 (2)

    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews

  • 2 Timothy 1:15 (2)

    You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

  • Galatians 1:2 (2)

    and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:

  • Revelation 1:11 (2)

    saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardi

  • Acts 19:10 (2)

    This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word

  • 1 Corinthians 16:19 (2)

    The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the

  • John 1:41–42 (1)

    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

  • Acts 20:16–18 (1)

    Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach

  • Matthew 10:2 (1)

    These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and

  • Matthew 4:18 (1)

    As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They wer

  • Leviticus 26:33 (0)

    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your citi

  • Deuteronomy 32:26 (-1)

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,