³³ And ^(A)I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

²⁷ And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among the peoples, ^(B)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

⁶⁴ “And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and ^(B)there you shall serve other gods ^(C)of wood and stone, ^(D)which neither you nor your fathers have known.

³ For thus says the Lord: ^(A)“You were sold for nothing, and ^(B)you shall be redeemed without money.”

^23 (A)Moreover, ^(B)I swore to them in the wilderness ^(C)that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries,

³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^(A)Does he intend to go to ^(B)the Dispersion among ^(C)the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

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,