1 Corinthians 16:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
  • Col 4:3 : 3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
  • Rev 3:7-8 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one. 8 I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
  • Acts 19:8-9 : 8 And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God. 9 But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life: 9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead: 10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;

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  • 2 Cor 2:12
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    12Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,

  • 1 Cor 16:5-8
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    5But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;

    6But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

    7For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

    8But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

  • 1 Cor 16:10
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    10Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:

  • Col 4:3-4
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    3And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

    4So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

    20For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

    13So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Phil 1:28
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    28Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • Rev 3:8
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    8I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.

  • 2 Tim 4:6
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    6For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22For which reason I was frequently kept from coming to you:

    23But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

  • Acts 16:10-11
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    10And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.

    11So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:16-17
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    16These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

    17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

  • Acts 16:16
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    16And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

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    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Acts 18:10
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    10For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

  • Acts 20:23
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    23Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

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    8(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

  • 1 Cor 16:12-13
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    12But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.

    13Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

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    10As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • Acts 19:23
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    23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • Rom 15:19
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    19By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

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    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Acts 20:19
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    19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

  • Acts 18:27
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    27And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

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    15But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

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    22And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.

  • 2 Thess 3:1
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    1For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;

  • 1 Thess 3:5
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    5For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

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    11Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.

  • Rom 1:10
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    10And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

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    10But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.