1 Corinthians 16:9
for a wide door stands open before me which demands great efforts, and we have many opponents.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
In Context
8I shall remain in Ephesus, however, until the time of the Harvest Festival,
Cross References
Acts 19:8Afterwards he went into the synagogue. There for three months he continued to preach fearlessly, explaining in words which carried conviction the truths which concern the Kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 1:8For as for our troubles which came upon us in the province of Asia, we would have you know, brethren, that we were exceedingly weighed down, and felt overwhelmed, so that we renounced all hope even of life.
Philippians 3:18For there are many whom I have often described to you, and I now even with tears describe them, as being enemies to the Cross of Christ.
Revelation 3:7"To the minister of the Church at Philadelphia write as follows: "`This is what the holy One and the true says--He who has the key of David--He who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 16:6-10
Paul Promises to Visit Corinth. ( a. d. 57.) 5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. In this passage the apostle… Read the whole commentary →