1 Corinthians 16:9 Cross References - ISV

⁹ because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.

²⁷ When they arrived, they called the church together and told them everything that God had done with them and how he had opened a door so that gentiles would believe.

⁸ He went into the synagogue and spoke there boldly for three months, holding discussions and persuading those who heard him about the kingdom of God. ⁹ But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

³² If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

⁸ How God Rescued PaulFor we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living. ⁹ In fact, we felt that we had received a death sentence so we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he is the one on whom we have set our hope, and he will rescue us again,

¹² Paul’s Anxiety and ReliefWhen I went to Troas on behalf of the gospel of the Messiah, the Lord opened a door for me,

¹⁸ For I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of the Messiah.

³ At the same time also pray for us—that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about the Messiah, for which I have been imprisoned.

⁷ The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia“To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia, write: ‘The one who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens a door that no one can shut, and who shuts a door that no one can open, ‘says this:
⁸ ‘I know what you’ve been doing. Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut. You have only a little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name.