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Galatians 1:15
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Galatians 1:15
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
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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
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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
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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.
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I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
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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.
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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.
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Isaiah 49:1,5
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Jeremiah 1:5
2.
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Acts 9:15
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Romans 8:28
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