King James Version
Galatians 1:15 in the King James Version says “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,” — study this verse from Galatians chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,”
Galatians 1:15 · KJV
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. equals: Gr. equals in years
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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“it pleased”
G2106to think well of, i.e., approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“separated”
G873to set off by boundary, i.e., (figuratively) limit, exclude, appoint, etc
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“womb”
G2836a cavity, i.e., (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
“grace”
G5485graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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