“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,”
King James Version (KJV)
1:15 But when it pleased God - He ascribes nothing to his own merits, endeavours, or sincerity. Who separated me from my mother's womb - Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet. #Jer 1:5|. Such an unconditional predestination as this may consist, both with God's justice and mercy. And called me by his grace - By his free and almighty love, to be both a Christian and an apostle.
Ga 1:15 But when it pleased God, etc. The language that follows implies that, like Moses, John the Baptist (Lu 1:15-17), Isaiah (Isa 49:1), and Jeremiah (Jer 1:5), Paul was destined to his work from birth.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But when God, who had set me apart {even} from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, `even' from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
- American Standard Version (1901)
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
- Basic English Bible
But when God, who set me apart [even] from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,
- Darby Bible
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
- Webster's Bible
But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,
- Weymouth Bible
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
- World English Bible
But whanne it pleside hym, that departide me fro my modir wombe,
- Wycliffe Bible
and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace --
- Youngs Literal Bible