The Inner Revelation of Christ
T. Goadby. Galatians 1:15-16 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,… Education refines and elevates but does not save and sanctify the soul; law civilizes but cannot change the heart and the will; science and philosophy give power and endless resources to enlarge the faculties of the mind, but they leave the problems of sin and pardon unsolved. The revelation of Christ fills the soul with light, and life, and joy; is the only solution of the problems of our moral being; the only deliverer from the law of sin and death; the only pledge of everlasting life, and indeed the beginning of a Divine education which ennobles and saves, and the dawn of a heavenly day which brings wisdom, and righteousness, and peace. (T. Goadby.) Parallel Verses KJV: But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, WEB: But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,