1 Corinthians 16:9 “because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though…”

1 Corinthians 16:9

because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

World English Bible

for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

American Standard Version

for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Geneva Bible 1599

For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me: and there are many aduersaries.

Darby Translation

For a great door is opened to me and an effectual [one], and [the] adversaries many.

Young's Literal Translation

for a door to me hath been opened — great and effectual — and withstanders [are] many.

Bible in Basic English

For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

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Cross references

“a great”

Acts 19:8–10

Acts 19:8–10 · BSB

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

“door”

2 Corinthians 2:12 Acts 14:27 Colossians 4:3 Revelation 3:7 Revelation 3:8

2 Corinthians 2:12 · BSB

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

Acts 14:27 · BSB

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.

Colossians 4:3 · BSB

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.

Revelation 3:7 · BSB

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

Revelation 3:8 · BSB

I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

“there”

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 1 Corinthians 15:32 Philippians 3:18 Acts 19:9 Acts 19:10

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 · BSB

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

1 Corinthians 15:32 · BSB

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Philippians 3:18 · BSB

For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Acts 19:9 · BSB

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:10 · BSB

This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

10If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.

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