1 Corinthians 16:9
New International Version
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.

New Living Translation
There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.

English Standard Version
for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

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

Berean Literal Bible
For a great and productive door has opened to me, and many are opposing.

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

New King James Version
For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

New American Standard Bible
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

NASB 1995
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

NASB 1977
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

Legacy Standard Bible
for a wide and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

Amplified Bible
because a wide door for effective service has opened to me [in Ephesus, a very promising opportunity], and there are many adversaries.

Christian Standard Bible
because a wide door for effective ministry has opened for me —yet many oppose me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
because a wide door for effective ministry has opened for me—yet many oppose me.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For a great door is opened to me, filled with opportunities and many opponents.

Contemporary English Version
because there is a wonderful opportunity for me to do some work here. But there are also many people who are against me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries.

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

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

Good News Translation
There is a real opportunity here for great and worthwhile work, even though there are many opponents.

International Standard Version
because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.

Literal Standard Version
for a door has been opened to me—great and effectual—and withstanders [are] many.

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

New American Bible
because a door has opened for me wide and productive for work, but there are many opponents.

NET Bible
because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.

New Revised Standard Version
for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Paul's Travel Plans
8But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me. 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.…

Cross References
Acts 14:27
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.

Acts 19:9
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.

2 Corinthians 1:6
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.


Treasury of Scripture

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

a great.

Acts 19:8
And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

door.

Acts 14:27
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 2:12
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

Colossians 4:3
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

there.

1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Acts 19:9,10
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus…

2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: …

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1 Corinthians 16
1. He exhorts them to a collection for the brothers at Jerusalem.
10. Commends Timothy;
13. and after friendly admonitions,
16. concludes his epistle with various salutations.














Verse 9. - A great door and effectual. A wide and promising opportunity for winning souls to God. The metaphor of "a door," perhaps suggested by our Lord himself, was common among Christians (2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:3; Acts 14:27; Revelation 3:8). Many adversaries (Acts 19:1, 8, 9, 19, 20).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
because
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

a great
μεγάλη (megalē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

door
θύρα (thyra)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2374: (a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity. Apparently a primary word; a portal or entrance.

[for]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

effective [work]
ἐνεργής (energēs)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1756: Effective, productive of due result, at work. From en and ergon; active, operative.

has opened
ἀνέῳγεν (aneōgen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

to me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

even though
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

many
πολλοί (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

oppose [me].
ἀντικείμενοι (antikeimenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 480: To resist, oppose, withstand, lie opposite to. From anti and keimai; to lie opposite, i.e. Be adverse to.


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