Galatians 1:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased”
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“But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 1:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 28:4Yet 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 He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
- 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.
- 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—
- 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.”
- Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- Luke 1:15for 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.
- Luke 10:21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
- 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.”
- Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
- 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.
- Romans 8:30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- Romans 9:24including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
- 1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- Galatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- Ephesians 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
- Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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