Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as strangers in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Peter’s readers were God’s elect (Ephesians 1:4; cf. Deuteronomy 14:2; Isaiah 45:4). One writer believed "chosen" (NASB) should be connected with "aliens." [Note: D. Edmond Hiebert, "Designation of the Readers in 1 Peter 1:1-2," Bibliotheca Sacra 137:545 (January-March 1980):65.] However most translators regarded "chosen" as a noun, not an adjective, as the NASB suggests. [Note: E.g., Bigg, p. 90.] 