1 Corinthians 16:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Θύρα γάρ μοι ἀνέῳγεν μεγάλη καὶ ἐνεργής, καὶ ἀντικείμενοι πολλοί.

Transliteration

Thyra gar moi aneōgen megalē kai energēs, kai antikeimenoi polloi.

Grammar Details

• *Thyra*: nominative, feminine, singular - door/gate/entrance
• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
• *moi*: dative, 1st person, singular pronoun - to me/for me
• *aneōgen*: perfect, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - has been opened
• *megalē*: nominative, feminine, singular - great/large
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *energēs*: nominative, feminine, singular - effective/active/productive
• *antikeimenoi*: present, participle, middle, nominative, masculine, plural - opposing ones/adversaries
• *polloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - many

Word Meanings

• *Thyra*: door/gate/entrance/opportunity
• *aneōgen*: has been opened/stands open
• *megalē*: great/large/wide
• *energēs*: effective/active/productive/powerful
• *antikeimenoi*: opposing ones/adversaries/opponents

Referenced Verses

• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,
• Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• Col 4:3 : 3 withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
• Rev 3:7-8 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth: 8 I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), {G846} that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.
• Acts 19:8-9 : 8 And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading [as to] the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning {G2596} daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
• 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: 10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;