To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

 (i) Peter calls the people to whom he writes the elect, God's Chosen People, Once that had been a title which belonged to Israel alone: "You are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth" ( Deuteronomy 7:6; compare Deuteronomy 14:2). The prophet speaks of "Israel, my chosen" ( Isaiah 45:4). The Psalmist speaks of "the sons of Jacob, his chosen ones" ( Psalms 105:6; Psalms 105:43). 