OET interlinear 1PET 1:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

Πέτρος

Peter

In this culture, letter writers would give their own names first, and they would refer to themselves in the third person. If that would be confusing in your language, you could use the first person. If your language has a particular way of introducing the author of a letter, you could also use that. Alternate translation: “I, Peter, am writing this letter” or “From Peter”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

/an/_ambassador ˱of˲_Jesus Christ

This phrase gives further information about Simon Peter. He describes himself as being someone given the position and authority of being Christ’s apostle.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις

˱to˲_/the/_chosen aliens

In this culture, after giving their own names, letter writers would then state to whom they were writing, naming those people in the third person. If that would be confusing in your language, you could use the second person. Alternate translation: “to you elect exiles”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς

˱to˲_/the/_chosen aliens ˱of˲_/the/_dispersion

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of elect and dispersion, you can express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “to those whom God has elected and exiled among those whom God has dispersed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς

˱to˲_/the/_chosen aliens ˱of˲_/the/_dispersion

When Peter calls his readers exiles, he could mean: (1) they are exiles because they are far away from their true home in heaven. Alternate translation: “to the elect exiles of the dispersion who are far from their home in heaven” (2) they are exiles because they were forced to leave their homes and go far away to Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Alternate translation: “to you elect exiles of the dispersion who are far away from your homes”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

διασπορᾶς

˱of˲_/the/_dispersion

Here, dispersion could refer to: (1) groups of Gentile Christians who were spread throughout the world instead of in their true home in heaven. In this case, dispersion would have a similar meaning to exiles and would add emphasis. Alternate translation: “among those dispersed outside of their true home in heaven” (2) the groups of Jewish people who were spread across the Greek-speaking world that was outside of the land of Israel, which is the common technical meaning for this word. Alternate translation: “among the dispersed Jews”

Note 7 topic: translate-names

Πόντου, Γαλατίας, Καππαδοκίας, Ἀσίας, καὶ Βιθυνίας

˱of˲_Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia

Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia are names of Roman provinces that were located in what is now the country of Turkey.