The word basically means to be sent by another with a message. Peter was in a special sense an apostle to the Jews (Galatians 2:8) in contrast to Paul who was an apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 11:13; Galatians 2:8). This group was not limited to one location, nor was it one church but included believers in various places. • Their sites. “Throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (1 Peter 1:1). Today these locations comprise the country of Turkey. It
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