In his message to the Ephesian elders, Paul said, “And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified” (Ac 20:32). He addresses his letters to the churches as those “who are … called to be saints [hagiois]” (Ro 1:7), “to those sanctified [hēgiasmenois] in Christ Jesus” (1 Co 1:2; cf. 2 Co 1:1; Eph 1:1; Php 1:1; Col 1:2). Similarly, Peter addresses his first letter to Christians of the Jewish diaspora