Isa 49:1, Gal 1:15 | Geneva | STEP | Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called {a} me from {b} the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (a) This is spoken in the person of Christ, to assure the faithful that these promises should come to pass: for they were all made in him and in him would be performed. (b) This is meant of the time that Christ would be manifested to the world, as in .

Isaiah 49:1

Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called {a} me from {b} the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

(a) This is spoken in the person of Christ, to assure the faithful that these promises should come to pass: for they were all made in him and in him would be performed. (b) This is meant of the time that Christ would be manifested to the world, as in Ps 2:7.

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who {l} separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,

(l) He speaks of God's everlasting predestination, by which he appointed him to be an apostle, of which he makes three distinctions: the everlasting council of God, his appointing from his mother's womb, and his calling. And we see that there is no mention at all of foreseen works.