# Of whom was Peter an apostle? Peter was an apostle of Jesus Christ. # To whom did Peter write? Peter wrote to the foreigners of the dispersion, the chosen ones, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. # How did the foreigners become the chosen ones? The foreigners became the chosen ones according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, and by the sanctifying of the Holy Spirit.