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Chosen from the Start
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's calling was not a sudden decision but part of God's sovereign plan. The phrase "separated me from my mother's womb" points to a divine purpose set in motion long before his conversion. Scholars like Calvin and Gill see this as God predestining Paul for his apostolic role, emphasizing that our salvation and service originate entirely in God's "good pleasure," not our own merit.
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Galatians
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Albert Barnes
On Galatians 1:15
18th Century
Theologian
But when it pleased God. Paul traced all his hopes of eternal life, and all the good influences which had ever affected his mind, to God.<…
AT Robertson
On Galatians 1:15
It was the good pleasure of God (ευδοκησεν ο θεος). Paul had no doubt about God's purpose in him (1 Thessalonians 2:8)…
Charles Ellicott
On Galatians 1:15
19th Century
Bishop
In pursuing his main argument, the Apostle emphasizes the fact that his very conversion and mission to the Gentiles had first been predestined in t…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Galatians 1:11–17
19th Century
Preacher
Paul was intensely desirous that the Galatian Christians should understand that he was no mere repeater of other men's doctrines, but that what he …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Galatians 1:15
No one with such a personality and with such zealous persecution of the church is about to be converted by another person or by human testimony. On…
John Calvin
On Galatians 1:15
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Galatians 1:15
17th Century
Pastor
But when it pleased God
Here begins his account of his conversion, and call to the ministry; all which he ascribes e…
Matthew Henry
On Galatians 1:15–24
17th Century
Minister
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 conver…