Galatians 1:15-16 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,… A river flowing with rapid and majestic current to the sea would defy the efforts of the whole world to turn it back again to its source; yet, by the returning tide it is not only arrested in its course but driven up again with great rapidity towards its fountain head. It is thus that a sinner is stopped in his career of sin, and turned towards high and heavenly things. (C. Simeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, |