1 Peter 5:13 meaning and explanation

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.

1 Peter 5:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter is closing his letter, sending greetings from the congregation with him to the scattered believers he has been encouraging to stand firm under suffering. “Babylon” is almost certainly a symbolic name for Rome, echoing the Old Testament city of exile and oppression; early Christian readers understood it this way.

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