9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.


In Context

6 Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.

7 I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

8 But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,

9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.

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

11 No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.

1st Corinthians 16:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:9For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and [there are] many adversaries.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:9For a great door and evident is opened unto me: and many adversaries.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:9for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9For a great door is opened to me and an effectual one, and the adversaries many.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:9for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:9for a door to me hath been opened — great and effectual — and withstanders are many.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:9For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.