Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Door » Figurative » Of opportunity
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Hindrances » Opposers » Examples of
And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.
And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.
And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;
Missionary-work by ministers » Opportunities for, not to be neglected
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Open door » An open door of opportunity
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » An open door of
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Examples of
And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.
And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.
And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;
Paul » Rebukes
But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching. And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this. And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you? read more.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing. And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great. And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts. And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver. So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing. And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great. And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts. And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver. So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost; For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.