1 Corinthians 16:9
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
BSB
ASV
for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
KJV
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
"A door of utterance," Col 4:3. "Great," that is, extensive. "Effectual," that is, requiring great labors [ESTIUS]; or opportune for effecting great results [BEZA]. many adversaries--who would block up the way and prevent us from entering the open door.
And effectual - As to the effects wrought upon them. And there are many adversaries - As there must always be where Satan's kingdom shakes. This was another reason for his staying there.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Colossians 4:3as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
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Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
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as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
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2 Corinthians 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
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So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
