Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
It was the good pleasure of God (eudokhsen o qeov). Paul had no doubt about God's purpose in him (1 Thessalonians 2:8).
Who separated me (o aforisav me). Aforizw is old word (from apo and orov) to mark off from a boundary or line. The Pharisees were the separatists who held themselves off from others. Paul conceives himself as a spiritual Pharisee "separated unto the gospel of God" (Romans 1:1, the same word afwrismenov). Before his birth God had his plans for him and called him.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 9:19
Acts 9:22
Acts 13:2
Romans 1:1
1 Corinthians 9:16
Galatians 2:12
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