Who was 1 Peter written to?

1 Peter 1:1: "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,"

As you were reading that verse, did you find yourself wondering where those places were? Here a relatively simple map of the region the Apostle Peter was writing to. To give you a sense of where this is in relation to current maps, this whole area is modern-day Turkey, and Greece is just off the map to the left. (The arrows show a probable route the letter would have followed, as it was distributed through the region to the churches.e