Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Door » Figurative » Of opportunity
I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
Hindrances » Opposers » Examples of
And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him.
and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'
and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;
and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,
Missionary-work by ministers » Opportunities for, not to be neglected
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
Open door » An open door of opportunity
I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » An open door of
I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Examples of
And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him.
and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'
and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;
and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury.
and there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.
for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.
And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,
Paul » Rebukes
And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon them to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, 'We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;' and there were certain -- seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest -- who are doing this thing; and the evil spirit, answering, said, 'Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye -- who are ye?' read more.
And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house, and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified, many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts, and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings; so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.
And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house, and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified, many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts, and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings; so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.
and I will remain in Ephesus till the Pentecost, for a door to me hath been opened -- great and effectual -- and withstanders are many.