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1 Peter 1:6

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Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

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Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia were Roman regions across northern and western Asia Minor, in modern Turkey. Peter addresses dispersed Christian communities there, whose varied trials in this passage test and refine their faith while they await the salvation God has promised.

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1 Peter 1:6 mentions Asia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Galatia and Pontus.

Asia · Ingo Mehling
Bithynia · Perseusfs
Cappadocia · Benh LIEU SONG
Galatia · Kaan Keskin

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