Galatians 1:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ But when the one who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased [Isa. 49:1; Jer. 1:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Common English Bible

¹⁵ But God had set me apart from birth and called me through his grace. He was pleased

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ But, when it pleased him who, from my mother's womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,

Galatians 1:15 Cross References

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 49:5

And now the Lord says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, O coastlands; pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born; while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

Ephesians 1:5

He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the partnership of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Acts 13:2

While 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 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;

Romans 8:30

And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

Matthew 11:26

yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

Ephesians 3:11

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Ephesians 1:9

he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Galatians 1:6

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 1:24

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Luke 10:21

At that very hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Romans 9:24

including us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the gentiles?

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.

Galatians 1:1

Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—