Peter’s readers lived in the western regions of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) (1 Peter 1:1). But they had brothers in the Lord scattered all over the world (Colossians 1:23). Peter’s readers ought not to be provincial in their outlook so as to be concerned only with themselves, but ought to realize that their struggles were universal.
9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.