1 Corinthians 16:9 — Greek Interlinear

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…