1 Corinthians 16:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me: and there are many aduersaries.

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  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come & had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, and howe he had opened the doore of faith vnto the Gentiles.
  • 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke, of whom I haue told you often, and nowe tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the Crosse of Christ:
  • Col 4:3 : 3 Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtterance, to speake ye mysterie of Christ: wherefore I am also in bonds,
  • Rev 3:7-8 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of ye Church which is of Philadelphia, These things saith he that is Holy, and True, which hath ye keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, & shutteth & no man openeth, 8 I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.
  • Acts 19:8-9 : 8 Moreouer he went into the Synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three moneths, disputing and exhorting to the things that appertaine to the kingdome of God. 9 But when certaine were hardened, and disobeyed, speaking euill of the way of God before the multitude, hee departed from them, and separated the disciples, and disputed dayly in the schole of one Tyrannus. 10 And this was done by the space of two yeeres, so that all they which dwelt in Asia, heard the word of ye Lord Iesus, both Iewes & Grecians.
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what aduantageth it me, if the dead be not raised vp? let vs eate and drinke: for to morowe we shall die.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For brethren, we woulde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, howe we were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we altogether doubted, euen of life. 9 Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shoulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which rayseth the dead. 10 Who deliuered vs from so great a death, and doeth deliuer vs: in whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliuer vs,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christs Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the Lord,

  • 1 Cor 16:5-8
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    5Nowe I will come vnto you, after I haue gone through Macedonia (for I will passe through Macedonia.)

    6And it may be that I will abide, yea, or winter with you, that ye may bring me on my way, whither soeuer I goe.

    7For I will not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abide a while with you, if the Lord permit.

    8And I wil tary at Ephesus vntill Pentecost.

  • 10Nowe if Timotheus come, see that he be without feare with you: for he worketh the worke of the Lord, euen as I doe.

  • Col 4:3-4
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    3Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtterance, to speake ye mysterie of Christ: wherefore I am also in bonds,

    4That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19And for me, that vtterance may be giuen vnto me, that I may open my mouth boldly to publish the secret of the Gospel,

    20Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12I would ye vnderstood, brethren, that the things which haue come vnto me, are turned rather to the furthering of the Gospell,

    13So that my bandes in Christ are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places,

    14In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.

  • 27And when they were come & had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, and howe he had opened the doore of faith vnto the Gentiles.

  • 28And in nothing feare your aduersaries, which is to them a token of perdition, and to you of saluation, and that of God.

  • 8I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.

  • 6For I am nowe readie to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand.

  • 16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare to be in me.

  • Rom 15:22-23
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    22Therefore also I haue bene oft let to come vnto you:

    23But nowe seeing I haue no more place in these quarters, and also haue bene desirous many yeeres agone to come vnto you,

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    10And after he had seene the vision, immediatly we prepared to goe into Macedonia, being assured that the Lord had called vs to preache the Gospel vnto them.

    11Then went we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis,

  • 11For by this meanes an entring shalbe ministred vnto you aboundantly into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:16-17
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    16The one part preacheth Christ of contention and not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.

    17But the others of loue, knowing that I am set for the defence of the Gospell.

  • 16And it came to passe that as we went to prayer, a certaine maide hauing a spirit of diuination, mette vs, which gate her masters much vantage with diuining.

  • 18The Lord graunt vnto him, that he may finde mercie with the Lorde at that day, and in howe many things he hath ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

  • 8Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient,

  • 10For I am with thee, and no man shall lay handes on thee to hurt thee: for I haue much people in this citie.

  • 23Saue that ye holy Ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying, that bondes and afflictions abide me.

  • 8(For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles)

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    12As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him, to come vnto you with the brethren: but his mind was not at all to come at this time: howbeit he will come when he shall haue conuenient time.

    13Watch ye: stand fast in the faith: quite you like men, and be strong.

  • 10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 23And the same time there arose no small trouble about that way.

  • 31That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

  • 19With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.

  • 12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • 19Seruing the Lorde with all modestie, and with many teares, and tentations, which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes,

  • 27And when hee was minded to goe into Achaia, the brethren exhorting him, wrote to the disciples to receiue him: and after hee was come thither, he holpe them much which had beleeued through grace.

  • 15Of whome be thou ware also: for he withstoode our preaching sore.

  • 19For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation through your prayer, and by the helpe of the Spirit of Iesus Christ,

  • 9Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.

  • 22Moreouer also prepare mee lodging: for I trust through your prayers I shall be freely giuen vnto you.

  • 1Fvrthermore, brethren, pray for vs, that the worde of the Lorde may haue free passage and be glorified, euen as it is with you,

  • 5Euen for this cause, when I could no longer forbeare, I sent him that I might knowe of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labour had bene in vaine.

  • 11O Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you: our heart is made large.

  • 10Alwayes in my prayers, beseeching that by some meanes, one time or other I might haue a prosperous iourney by the will of God, to come vnto you.

  • 10Nowe I reioyce also in the Lord greatly, that nowe at the last your care for mee springeth afresh, wherein notwithstanding ye were careful, but yee lacked opportunitie.