adelphotes denotes the collective community that is to be loved and that shares sufferings throughout the world.

The term denotes a collective community: in one verse it is the object of love, and in the other it is the body throughout the world in which the same sufferings are being completed.

1. The collective community of fellow believers · dominant

   In 1 Peter 2:17, the accusative singular form stands in the command whose APB rendering is “love the brotherhood.” In 1 Peter 5:9, the dative singular form identifies the community “throughout the world” in which the same sufferings are being completed.

   1 Peter 2:171 Peter 5:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “brotherhood” in both verses: as the object of love in 1 Peter 2:17 and as the setting of shared sufferings in 1 Peter 5:9. These renderings confirm the clauses rather than establish a finer distinction.