For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;