Galatians 1:15

WEB

¹⁵But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,

KJV

¹⁵But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

BSB

¹⁵But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

FBV

¹⁵But when God (who had set me apart from birth) called me through his grace, and was pleased

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Freed from Flesh to Love: Galatians 5:13–15, Part 2 - Desiring God
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Why Did God Let Paul Persecute Christians? Galatians 1:11–17, Part 4 - Desiring God
Who Was This Man Named Paul? Ephesians 1:1–2, Part 1 - Desiring God

Extra References

Jeremiah 1:5

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

⁵Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

Isaiah 49:1

¹Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

2 Timothy 1:9

⁹who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Ephesians 1:5

⁵having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

1 Corinthians 1:9

⁹God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 1:1

¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,^[+] called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

¹³But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth, ¹⁴to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 9:15

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

Acts 13:2

²As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”