Isagoge in canonicas septem epistolas, qua (ut in Paulinis) compositionis oeconomia, et germana dispositio monstratur

Apostle Peter. Furthermore, Peter seems to be named as such because of the constancy and strength of his faith; besides that, he was gifted with singular boldness in questioning the Lord and responding for others, as is to be seen in the 16th and 18th chapters of Matthew.

TO WHOM THE EPISTLE
IS DEDICATED.

The present epistle is written, as is clear from the title, to the strangers and pilgrims, which almost everyone by word understands to be the Jews, who then were properly called strangers and dispersed throughout the entire Roman Empire, in which sense it would be written only to Jews. However, if we weigh the consequences, it seems that regard was held for the whole Church, not only the Jews. For below in chapter 2, verse 10, he speaks even of the converted Gentiles: Who once were not a people, now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy, now you have obtained it; beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims, etc. These things certainly cannot be understood only of the Jews. Thus, in chapter 4, verse 3, he speaks with the faithful as if they were converted from the Gentiles. Therefore, it must be established that the prince of the Apostles, Peter, had regard not so much for the Jews as for all the converted, since saints are properly strangers and pilgrims in this world.