14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, abeing more exceedingly zealous bfor the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, awho separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,
16 ato reveal His Son in me, that bI might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with cflesh and blood,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
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18 Then after three years aI went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days.
19 But aI saw none of the other apostles except bJames, the Lord’s brother.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Galatians 1:16.
Galatians 1:15-18
There is something very interesting that Paul reveals about himself at the beginning of verse 15. It says there, "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by His grace." Some translators render the beginning phrase of this verse as: "But He who had set me apart before I was born." That changes things considerably; not that God merely oversaw his birth, but now Paul is claiming (if it is translated that way, and translated correctly) that like Jacob, like Jeremiah, like John the Baptist and others, that he was sanctified in the womb.
Why would Paul want to make sure that we understood this?
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Galatians 1:16:
Daniel 9:27
Revelation 11:3-12
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