9For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
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Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; …
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)In this passage the apostle notifies and explains his purpose of visiting them, concerning which, observe, 1. His purpose: he intended to pass out of Asia, where he now was ( vide 1 Cor. 16:8 , 19 ) and to go through Macedonia into Achaia, where Corinth was, and to stay some time with them, and perhaps the winter, 1 Cor. 16:5 , 6 . He had long laboured in this church, and done much good among them…
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