When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 16:9 - New Revised Standard Version for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries. American Standard Version (1901) for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. Common English Bible In spite of the fact that there are many opponents, a big and productive opportunity has opened up for my mission here. Catholic Public Domain Version For a door, great and unavoidable, has opened to me, as well as many adversaries. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries. |
When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
If with merely human hopes I fought with wild animals at Ephesus, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering.
When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.
At the same time pray for us as well that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.