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Galatians 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,


Galatians 1:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Galatians 1:1516 words
GreekMeaning
ὅτεhote
WhenwordG3753
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
εὐδόκησενeudokēsen
was pleasedverbG2106
ho
thearticleG3588
ἀφορίσαςaphorisas
having selectedverbG873
μεme
IpronounG1473
ἐκek
fromprepositionG1537
κοιλίαςkoilias
the wombnounG2836
μητρόςmētros
of mothernounG3384
μουmou
IpronounG1473
καὶkai
andwordG2532
καλέσαςkalesas
having called meverbG2564
διὰdia
throughprepositionG1223
τῆςtēs
the OnearticleG3588
χάριτοςcharitos
gracenounG5485
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Galatians 1:15

“But when it was the good pleasure of God, Who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.” Here his object is to show, that it was by some secret providence that he was left for a time to himself. For if he was set apart from his mother's womb to be an Apostle and to be called to that ministry, yet was not actually called till…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Commentary on Galatians, Chapter 1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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