But God set me apart from before the time I was born. He showed me his grace by appointing me. He was pleased

然而，那把我从母腹里分别出来、又施恩召我的神，

然而，那位把我从母腹里分别出来、又施恩呼召我的上帝，既然乐意

然而，那位把我从母腹里分别出来、又施恩呼召我的神，既然乐意

然而，当我还在母腹中的时候，上帝就施恩将我分别出来并呼召了我。

然而，当我在母腹里就把我分别出来，又用他的恩呼召我的那一位，

然而神，就是当我在母腹里时就把我分别出来、又藉着他的恩典召唤我的那一位，乐意

然而，那把我從母腹裏分別出來、又施恩召我的神，

然而，那位把我從母腹裏分別出來、又施恩呼召我的上帝，既然樂意

然而，那位把我從母腹裏分別出來、又施恩呼召我的神，既然樂意

然而，當我還在母腹中的時候，上帝就施恩將我分別出來並呼召了我。

然而，當我在母腹裡就把我分別出來，又用他的恩呼召我的那一位，

然而那從我母腹分別了我、藉他的恩召了我、的上帝、

然而神，就是當我在母腹裡時就把我分別出來、又藉著他的恩典召喚我的那一位，樂意

然自母胎甄別我、以恩召我之上帝、

然我自生時、上帝已定命恩召我、

然自我母胎選我、以恩召我之天主、

然選我於胎中、而召我以特恩者、

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,

But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him

But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased

But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through 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 God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called[ me] by his grace,

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

“ Before I formed you in your mother’s body I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart to serve me. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

The Lord formed me in my mother’s body to be his servant. He wanted me to bring the family of Jacob back to him. He wanted me to gather the people of Israel to himself. The Lord will honor me. My God will give me strength.

People who live on the islands, listen to me. Pay attention, you nations far away. Before I was born the Lord chose me to serve him. Before I was born the Lord spoke my name.

God is faithful. He has chosen you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I serve Christ Jesus. I have been appointed to be an apostle. God set me apart to tell others his good news.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke.“ Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me,” he said.“ I have appointed them to do special work.”

But the Lord said to Ananias,“ Go! I have chosen this man to work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and to their kings. He will also announce my name to the people of Israel.

Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth.He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God always gives you all the grace you need. So you will only have to suffer for a little while. Then God himself will build you up again. He will make you strong and steady. And he has chosen you to share in his eternal glory because you belong to Christ.

God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began.

But because of God’s grace I am what I am. And his grace was not wasted on me. No, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. But I didn’t do the work. God’s grace was with me.

“ But the Lord chose me. He is the God of Israel. He chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah to lead the tribes. From the tribe of Judah he chose my family. From my father’s sons he chose me. He was pleased to make me king over the whole nation of Israel.The Lord has given me many sons. From all of them he has chosen my son Solomon. He wants Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’ s kingdom. He wants him to rule over Israel.

But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.

And those God has planned for, he has also appointed to be saved. Those he has appointed, he has made right with himself. To those he has made right with himself, he has given his glory.

But the Lord will be true to his great name. He won’t turn his back on his people. That’s because he was pleased to make you his own people.

“ Then he said,‘ The God of our people has chosen you. He wanted to tell you his plans for you. You have seen the Blameless One. You have heard words from his mouth.Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.

That was God’s plan from the beginning. He has fulfilled his plan through Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.The Lord chose you because he loved you. He wanted to keep the promise he had made to your people of long ago. That’s why he used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt. He bought you back from the land where you were slaves. He set you free from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

So he decided long ago to adopt us. He adopted us as his children with all the rights children have. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. It pleased God to do it.

He will be important in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or other such drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

I am amazed. You are so quickly deserting the one who chose you. He chose you to live in the grace that Christ has provided. You are turning to a different“ good news.”

he showed us the mystery of his plan. It was in keeping with what he wanted to do. It was what he had planned through Christ.

At that time Jesus was full of joy through the Holy Spirit. He said,“ I praise you, Father. You are Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from wise and educated people. But you have shown them to little children. Yes, Father. This is what you wanted to do.

We received grace because of what Jesus did. He made us apostles to the Gentiles. We must invite all of them to obey God by trusting in Jesus. We do this to bring glory to him.

I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord. He has given me strength. I thank him that he considered me faithful. I thank him for appointing me to serve him.I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.

Yes, Father. This is what you wanted to do.

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I have been chosen to be an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. Our brother Sosthenes joins me in writing.

We are those people. He has chosen us. We do not come only from the Jewish race. Many of us are not Jews.