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It pleased (εὐδόκησεν)
See on εὐδοκία good pleasure, 2Th 1:11.
Separated (ἀφορίσας)
Set apart: designated. See on Rom 1:1, and see on declared, Rom 1:4. The A.V. wrongly lends itself to the sense of the physical separation of the child from the mother.
From my mother's womb (ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου)
Before I was born. Others, from the time of my birth. A few passages in lxx. go to sustain the former view: Judges 16:17; Isaiah 64:2, 24; 66:1, 5. That view is also favored by those instances in which a child's destiny is clearly fixed by God before birth, as Samson, Jdg 16:17; comp. Jdg 13:5, Jdg 13:7; John the Baptist, Luk 1:15. See also Mat 19:12. The usage of ἐκ as marking a temporal starting point is familiar. See Joh 6:66; Joh 9:1; Act 9:33; Act 24:10.
Called (καλέσας)
See on Rom 4:17. Referring to Paul's call into the kingdom and service of Christ. It need not be limited to his experience at Damascus, but may include the entire chain of divine influences which led to his conversion and apostleship. He calls himself κλητὸς ἀπόστολος an apostle by call, Rom 1:1; 1Co 1:1.