The First Letter of Peter points out that Christian communities existing within the larger context of Greco-Roman culture faced a twofold danger: loss of internal cohesion resulting in the disintegration of the group, and the rise of external suspicion on the part of non-Christians that could lead to hostility and active oppression. There were two opposing ways Christians could react to this situation, given their powerlessness to change the structures of external society. They could either withdraw as far as possible from all contact with external society, forming as it were a “Christian ghetto” (Paul J. Achtemeier), or they could adapt themselves to prevailing cultures to the extent that they no longer presented a threat. In the former case, the community would surrend its missionary role as witness to the gospel; in the latter case, it would lose its core values. The modus vivendi presented by the First Letter of Peter reflects both a theological concern and encouragement that wishes to surpass this twofold reaction by providing – as Miroslav Volf states – a “soft difference”. This paper seeks to analyze first the dynamics of faith and culture as it appears in the situation of those believers who live scattered throughout the Roman provinces of Asia Minor mentioned in 1Peter. Secondly, it will be explored the possible theological interpretations of Christians as “aliens and strangers” by focusing on those elements that enrich and inspire our current discussions on revelation and context.