Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Door » Figurative » Of opportunity
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Hindrances » Opposers » Examples of
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
Missionary-work by ministers » Opportunities for, not to be neglected
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Open door » An open door of opportunity
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » An open door of
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Examples of
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.
But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
Paul » Rebukes
But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" read more.
And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.
And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.
But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost; for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.