Galatians 1:15

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

Galatians 1:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
ESV
15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
NLT
15 But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him
MSG
15 Even then God had designs on me. Why, when I was still in my mother's womb he chose and called me out of sheer generosity!
CSB
15 But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

Galatians 1:15 In-Context

13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 49:1,5; Jeremiah 1:5
  • 2. S Acts 9:15; S Romans 8:28
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