1 CORINTHIANS 16:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me — the paradox of apostolic opportunity: open door (thyra) and abundant opposition (antikeímenoi) coexist. The hostility does not deter but characterizes fruitful ministry.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 16:9
“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.” Now if it was “great,” how could there be “adversaries?” Why on this very account the adversaries were many, because men's faith was great; because the entrance was great and wide. But what means, “A great door?” There are many prepared to receive the faith, many ready to approach and be converted. There is a spacious entrance for me, things being now come to that point that the mind of those…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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