Isa 49:1, 5, Jer 1:5, Luk 1:15-16, Act 9:15, 13:2, 22:14-15, Rom 1:1 | ESV | STEP | Listen to me, O coastlands , and give attention , you peoples from afar . The Lord called me from the womb , from the body of my mother he named my name .

1 Listen to me, ^aO coastlands,
and give attention, you peoples ^bfrom afar.
^cThe Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.

Isaiah 49:5

5 ^dAnd now the Lord says,
he ^ewho formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for ^fI am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—

Jeremiah 1:5

5 ^g“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born ^hI consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet ⁱto the nations.”

Luke 1:15-16

15 for he will be ^jgreat before the Lord. And ^khe must not drink wine or strong ^ldrink, and ^mhe will be ⁿfilled with the Holy Spirit, ^oeven from his mother’s womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,

Acts 9:15

15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^phe is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name ^qbefore the Gentiles and ^rkings and the children of Israel.

Acts 13:2

2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ^sthe Holy Spirit said, ^t“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ^ufor the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 22:14-15

14 And he said, ^v‘The God of our fathers ^wappointed you to know his will, ^xto see ^ythe Righteous One and ^zto hear a voice from his mouth; 15 for ^aayou will be a witness for him to everyone of what ^abyou have seen and heard.

Romans 1:1

Greeting

1 Paul, ^aca servant ^{▼▼Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} of Christ Jesus, ^aecalled to be an apostle, ^afset apart for the gospel of God,