1 Corinthians 16:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I have a great opportunity to do effective work here, although there are many people who oppose me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

for a wide door stands open before me which demands great efforts, and we have many opponents.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.

1 Corinthians 16:9 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 14:27 When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 19:9 But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:9 For a great door and {d} effectual is opened unto me, and [there are] many adversaries.
(d) Very fit and convenient to do great things by.

PNT:

16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened. His ministry in Ephesus was very successful. See Ac 19:20.
There are many adversaries. Demetrius and his fellow-craftsmen had probably begun their agitation (Ac 19:23-41).

WES:

16:9 A great door - As to the number of hearers. 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.

MHC:

16:1-9 The good examples of other Christians and churches should rouse us. It is good to lay up in store for good uses. Those who are rich in this world, should be rich in good works, 1Ti 6:17,18. The diligent hand will not make rich, without the Divine blessing, Pr 10:4,22. And what more proper to stir us up to charity to the people and children of God, than to look at all we have as his gift? Works of mercy are real fruits of true love to God, and are therefore proper services on his own day. Ministers are doing their proper business, when putting forward, or helping works of charity. The heart of a Christian minister must be towards the people among whom he has laboured long, and with success. All our purposes must be made with submission to the Divine providence, Jas 4:15. Adversaries and opposition do not break the spirits of faithful and successful ministers, but warm their zeal, and inspire them with fresh courage. A faithful minister is more discouraged by the hardness of his hearers' hearts, and the backslidings of professors, than by the enemies' attempts.

CONC:

Adversaries Demands Door Effective Effectual Efforts Important Open Opened Opponents Oppose Service Stands Wide Withstanders

Adversaries Demands Door Effective Effectual Efforts Great Important Open Opened Opponents Oppose Service Stands Wide Withstanders Work

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