%0 Journal Article
%T Separated from My Mother's Womb: An Appraisal of Paul's Testimony in Galatians 1:15
%A Jason J. C. Jung
%J Biblical Theology Bulletin
%@ 1945-7596
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0146107917746579
%X In Galatians 1:15, Paul uniquely presents his appointment and apostleship as God's separating him from his mother's womb and calling him by grace. However, Paul's meaning behind the phrase, ˇ°separated from his mother's womb,ˇ± has been speculated with little biblical-theological substance. Thus, this article presents a fresh argument that in this phrase Paul alludes to his birth as a Roman citizen, which is later followed by his calling to be an apostle to the Gentiles. This study also concludes that Galatians 1:15 functions as the center of Paul's argument in 1:6¨C2:10 with 2:11¨C21 as its illustration
%K Antioch Incident
%K Apostleship
%K Calling
%K Divine Separation
%K Galatians
%K Gentiles
%K Missions
%K Mother's Womb
%K Paul
%K Roman Citizenship
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0146107917746579