⁹ Parthians and ^(A)Medes and ^(B)Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

Greeting

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of ^(A)the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,