1 Peter 1:8
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whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passagePontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia were regions of Roman Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. Though named in the letter’s opening rather than verse 8 itself, they identify scattered Christian readers whose faith in the unseen Christ produced love, belief, and joy amid exile and hardship.
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1 Peter 1:8 mentions Asia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Galatia and Pontus.
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