Galatians Chapter 1, Verse 15
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15: οτε δε ευδοκησεν ο θεος ο αφορισας με εκ κοιλιας μητρος μου και καλεσας δια της χαριτος αυτου
15: But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's
womb, and called me by his grace,
15: But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and
called me by his grace,
But when it pleased God. Paul traced all his hopes of eternal life, and all the good influences which had ever borne upon his mind, to God.
Who separated me, etc. That is, who destined me; or who purposed from my very birth that I should be a preacher and an apostle. The meaning is, that God had in his secret purposes set him apart to be an apostle. It does not mean that he had actually called him in his infancy to the work, for this was not so, but that he designed him to be an important instrument in his hands in spreading the true religion. Jeremiah Jer 1:5 was thus set apart, and John the Baptist was thus early designated, for the work which they afterwards performed.
And called me by his grace. On the way to Damascus. It was special grace, because he was then engaged in bitterly opposing him and his cause.
