before I

Psalm 71:5, 6
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. . . .

Isaiah 49:1, 5
Listen to me, O islands, and pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He named me. . . .

Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways,

Galatians 1:15, 16
But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased . . .

I knew

Exodus 33:12, 17
Moses said to the LORD, "Look, You have been telling me, 'Lead this people up, ' but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.' . . .

Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

2 Timothy 2:19-21
Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His, " and, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity." . . .

and before

Luke 1:15, 41
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. . . .

Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God,

and I ordained.

Ephesians 1:22
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 4:11, 12
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, . . .