Galatians 1:13-16

Paul Called by God

¹³ For you have heard of _y my former life in Judaism, how _z I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely _a zealous was I for _b the traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵ But when he _c who had set me apart _d before I was born, ₁ and who _e called me by his grace, ¹⁶ was pleased to reveal his Son to ₂ me, in order _f that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; ₃

1. Cross References
   Acts 26:4
   My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 8:3
   But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
   
3. Cross References
   Philippians 3:6
   As to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
   Acts 21:20
   And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 9:14
   But have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
   2 Timothy 1:3
   I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
   Matthew 15:2
   "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 13:2
   While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
   Romans 1:1
   Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:1
   Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
   Isaiah 49:5
   And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him - for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength -
   Jeremiah 1:5
   "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
   Luke 1:15
   For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
   
7. Cross References
   Galatians 1:6
   I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
   
8. Cross References
   Galatians 2:9
   And when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
   Acts 9:15
   But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.