Galatians 1:15–16
Paul says God set him apart from his mother's womb
Study it word by word15But when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace was pleased
16to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim the good news of him among the nations, at once I did not consult with flesh and blood,
In its context
13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, that I was persecuting the assembly of God beyond measure and ravaging it;
14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus.
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
Its words in the original
- εὐδόκησενeudokēsen· be pleased
Be pleased with, delight in someone; also gladly decide.
- ἀφορίσαςaphorisas· set apart, separate
Separate, set apart; also mark off by boundaries.
- κοιλίαςkoilias· belly, womb
Belly; womb.
- μητρόςmētros· mother
Mother.
- καλέσαςkalesas· call
Call; name; invite.
- χάριτοςcharitos· grace
Grace, favor.
- ἀποκαλύψαιapokalypsai· reveal
Reveal, uncover what was hidden.
- υἱὸνhuion· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- εὐαγγελίζωμαιeuangelizōmai· proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
- ἔθνεσινethnesin· nation
Nation, people; in the plural, often the peoples who are not Israel.
- εὐθέωςeutheōs· immediately
Immediately, at once.
- προσανεθέμηνprosanethemēn· consult, add to
Consult with someone, go to someone for counsel; also lay something more on someone, add to.
- σαρκὶsarki· flesh
Flesh: the body, and weak human nature; "flesh and blood", a human being with only human strength.
- αἵματιhaimati· blood
Blood; also life poured out.