Catholic Public Domain Version
"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, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,”
“But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, ”
“But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,”
“But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased”
“But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,”
“But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,”
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,”
And I did not receive it from man, nor did I learn it, except through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her.
And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my equals among my own kind, having proven to be more abundant in zeal toward the traditions of my fathers.
But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,
to reveal his Son within me, so that I might evangelize him among the Gentiles, I did not next seek the consent of flesh and blood.
Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus.
And then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter; and I stayed with him for fifteen days.