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chosen, but exiles

1 Peter 1:1-2

1 Peter 1:1 Peter, a missionary of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Breath, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

chosen, but exiles

Peter writes to fellow believers whose lives appear to be a contradiction. They are chosen by God but they are exiles, living in other lands instead of the holy land. Such is the case with all of us. There is no land on earth today that matches our inheritance. That inheritance is the holy city that will descend from heaven. Until that happens, we are all exiles here.