BUT GOD:
1.Separated Paul before birth
2.Called (chose) him
3.Saved him by God's grace
4.Revealed Jesus to him
5.Ordered him to preach
NOTE: These verses suggest an identity and personhood exist before birth. This would make abortion wrong.
GALATIANS 1:15 euvdo,khsen @o` qeo,j# {C} On the basis of preponderance of external testimony a majority of the Committee preferred the reading with o` qeo,j, yet, in view of the importance of the w...
Verse 15. _WHO SEPARATED ME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB_] Him whom I acknowledge as the GOD of _nature_ and the GOD of _grace_; who _preserved_ me by his _providence_ when I was a _helpless infant_, and _sa...
BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD - Paul traced all his hopes of eternal life, and all the good influences which had ever borne upon his mind, to God. WHO SEPARATED ME ... - That is, who destined me; or who pur...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
GALATIANS 1:11 begins a historical narrative proving Paul's independence of any human authority in his apostolic work. He learned by a revelation from heaven, not in any sense from flesh and blood: _c...
As for the gospel that has been preached by me, I want you to know, brothers, that it rests on no human foundation. for, neither did I receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me t...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
SEPARATED. Greek. _aphorizo_. Compare Romans 1:1. WOMB. Compare Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 49:5.Jeremiah 1:5. Note the steps: (1) Separa
But a wondrous change was effected in me. -Old things had passed away. Behold, they had become new." The source of this change was the purpose of God; the means, His effectual calling: the end, that S...
_it pleased God_ The commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia on this expression is apt. "St Paul well refers it to the Divine foreknowledge, so that before he himself had any being, this should appear th...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
ὍΤΕ ΔῈ … ΕΥ̓ΘΈΩΣ. For St Paul’s present aim is not to describe God’s revelation to him but his independence of man. δέ. In contrast to tradition. He received the Gospel by God’s good pleasure and call...
_Nor was the Gospel a product of conference with other Christians_ (Galatians 1:15) But when (in contrast to the life described in Galatians 1:13-14) God, who separated me in purpose before I was even...
ΕΎΔΌΚΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΔΟΚΈΩ (G2106) доставлять удовольствие, быть довольным, с последующим _inf._ ΆΦΟΡΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΑΦΟΡΊΖΩ (G873) разделять границей, отделять от други...
DISCOURSE: 2052 CONVERSION, AND ITS EFFECTS Galatians 1:15. _When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him...
WHO SEPARATED ME— See Jeremiah 1:5 and the history of this Apostle's call, Acts 9:1; Acts 9:43....
TEXT 1:15-17 (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, (16) to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among...
_VERSES 15, 16, 17. BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD, WHO SEPARATED ME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND CALLED ME BY HIS GRACE. TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME, THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE HEATHEN; IMMEDIATELY I CONFE...
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, SEPARATED, [ aforisas (G873)] - 'set me apart' in His electing love (cf. Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14), in orde...
1:15 God, (g-3) Or 'the God who,' c. [even] (h-8) I have inserted 'even' here that it may be quite clear that 'from my mother's womb' is a point of time. There can be no doubt of it. see Matthew 19:1...
ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL 1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
WHO SEPARATED] God determined upon him as an Apostle from the time of his birth: cp. Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5. AND CALLED] in his experience on the Damascus road....
Paul had been very eager that all *Jews should obey the *Jewish law and traditions. But he had some very strong opinions. Because of these opinions, Paul had done some terrible things. He did not beli...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
In pursuance of his main argument, the Apostle lays stress upon the fact that his very conversion and mission to the Gentiles had been first predestinated in the divine counsels, and afterwards carrie...
CHAPTER 5 PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSION. Galatians 1:15 IT pleased God to reveal His Son in me: this is after all the essential matter in Paul's conversion, as in that of every Christian. The outward man...
ἀφορίσας. Paul looks back on his parentage and early years as a providential preparation for his future ministry: this view is justified by his antecedents. By birth at once a Hebrew, a Greek and Roma...
REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
THE TRUE GOSPEL A REVELATION Galatians 1:11 When men belittle the Apostle's teaching as being purely Pauline, we should recall these strong statements, which attribute his knowledge of the gospel to...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
But when it pleased God, who (l) separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace, (l) He speaks of God's everlasting predestination, by which he appointed him to be an apostle, of wh...
(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_‘THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM’_ ‘It pleased God, … to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him.’ Galatians 1:15 So St. Paul recalls his Divine ordination time, his crisis of consecration to the ap...
15._But after that it pleased God. _This is the second part of the narrative, and relates to his miraculous conversion. He tells us, first, that he had been called by the grace of God to preach Christ...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD,.... Here begins his account of his conversion, and call to the ministry; all which he ascribes entirely to the sovereign good pleasure, and free grace of God: WHO SEPARATED M...
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called _me_ by his grace, Ver. 15. _Who separated me from, &c._] How knew he this, but by the event? Whosoever is lawfully called...
_When it pleased God_ He ascribes nothing to his own merits, endeavours, or sincerity; _who separated me from my mother's womb_ Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet, (Jeremiah...
WHO SEPARATED ME; set me apart from my birth for the work to which he afterwards called me....
PAUL PROTESTS HIS APOSTOLIC COMMISSION. He has his Gospel by direct revelation of Jesus Christ:...
BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD, WHO SEPARATED ME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND CALLED ME BY HIS GRACE,...
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
Here are two acts predicated of God, with relation to Paul: the first is a separating of him from the womb; the same was said of two of the great prophets, Isaiah and Jeremiah, ISAIAH 49:1 JEREMIAH 1:...
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And that he, the apostle, was the very same person who had been born from the womb, that is, of the ancient substance of flesh, he does himself declare in the Epistle...
Galatians 1:15 But G1161 when G3753 pleased G2106 (G5656) God G2316 who G3588 separated G873 (G5660) me...
PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 - GALATIANS 2:21). Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
‘But when it pleased him, 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 did not confe...
_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._ Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves that he was called direc...
_Excursus on the Conversion of St. Paul._ Here we have from Paul's own pen a brief account of his conversion, which coincided with his call to the apostleship. It is more fully related three times in...
Galatians 1:15-16. BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD WHO SET ME APART FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND CALLED ME THROUGH HIS GRACE, TO REVEAL HIS SON WITHIN ME, etc. Now he comes to his conversion and accumulates wor...
IT WAS THE GOOD PLEASURE OF GOD (ευδοκησεν ο θεος). Paul had no doubt about God's purpose in him (1 Thessalonians 2:8).WHO SEPARATED ME (ο αφορισας με). Αφοριζω is old word (from απο and ορος) to...
Galatians 1:15 Delay the Silence of Conscience. I. There are grounds, in the very nature of the case, for questioning whether in religion second thoughts are best. It shall hardly ever happen that th...
Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
CHOSE ME. Compare Romans 8:29-30 and notes. Paul is thinking of his unique background and training. By his birth he became at the same time, a Hebrew, a Greek, and a Roman citizen. He was educated in...
_But when it pleased God to reveal His Son in me._ PREVENIENT GRACE Although Paul was suddenly converted, yet God had had thoughts of mercy towards him from his very birth. God did not begin to work...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:10 Indirect Appeal: Paul’s Ministry and the Gospel. Paul received the gospel directly from Jesus Christ (see Acts 9:1;...
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:16. TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM.—The revealing of His Son by me to the Gentiles was impossible, unless He had first revealed His Son in...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
1 Chronicles 28:4; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:24;...
It pleased [ε υ δ ο κ η σ ε ν]. See on eujdokia good pleasure, 1 Thessalonians 1:11. Separated [α φ ο ρ ι σ α ς]. Set apart : designated. See on Romans 1:1, and declared, Romans 1:4. The A. V. wrongly...
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
But when it pleased God — He ascribes nothing to his own merits, endeavours, or sincerity. Who separated me from my mother's womb — Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet. Jerem...
Is Paul teaching reincarnation in this passage? (See comments on Jeremiah 1:5)...
Here we have second evidence which St. Paul brings to prove himself an apostle extrordinary, called by God himself unto the ministerial service; and that the doctrine he delivered was not immediately...