Christ in the epistle (1:1, 2, 3, 7, 13; 2:5; 3:21; 4:11; 5:10), although in the final ref. we find the inverted order Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (depending on textual var.). See below, For Further Study 1, “Peter in the NT,” and 2, “Apostleship in the NT.” ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς Ἐκλεκτός, -ή, -όν, “elect,” “chosen” (BDAG 306b; G. Schrenk, TDNT 4.181–92). Although it is common for substantives to be anar. in epistolary introductions (R 793; BDF §137, 261 [5]), the indef. sense of the subst. adj. ἐκλεκτοῖς