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Paul Preaches the Gospel

Galatians 1:15

In 9 translations

BSB
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
KJV
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
WEB
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,
ASV
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
LSV
and when God was well pleased—having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace—
YLT
and when God was well pleased — having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace —
DBY
But when God, who set me apart [even] from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,Elohim
DRC
But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
GNV
But when it pleased God (which had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace)

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ θεὸς (“the God”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: εὐδόκησεν. Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor), Westcott and Hort (margin) read εὐδόκησεν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add ὁ θεὸς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ
RP2018
Ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ,
TR-Boyd
Ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ,
SCR1894
οτε δε ευδοκησεν ο θεος ο αφορισας με εκ κοιλιας μητρος μου και καλεσας δια της χαριτος αυτου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
  • Isaiah 49:5And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
  • Isaiah 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
  • 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
  • Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. To this He called you…
  • 1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
  • Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
  • Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
  • Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  • 1 Chronicles 28:4–5Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons…
  • Romans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
  • Luke 1:15–16for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord…
  • Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
  • 1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
  • Romans 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

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