we have no reasons to doubt that Paul was predestined for his work; nor that the act of God here named was the realization of an eternal purpose; but this idea does not find expression in these words of the apostle, What he means to say, is “that God destined him from birth to his vocation, no matter how wayward and unlikely had been the career of his youth.” Eadie, Comm. in loco. To the apostle’s mind this was evident from the fact that God had historically been setting him aside for the great work