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When Open Doors Mean Many Adversaries | 1 Corinthians 16:5-9
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- May 4, 2026
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Summary
Welcome to The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. We are about to begin our next study and move into the Old Testament. We will begin with the book of Hosea. Hosea reveals what happens when a nation confuses comfort with covenant faithfulness. This means it is time to get your next Scripture Journal from our website for this study. If you are a Project23 partner giving $35/month or more, we have already sent this to you in the mail. Our shout-out today goes to David Luna from Frisco , TX. Thanks for your partnership in Project23 . Our text today is 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 . I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia, and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. — 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 How do you know when God is opening a door? Paul says something about this that is pretty striking today: "A wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries." We often assume God opens the door to ease. Paul assumes the opposite— opposition. This means a "wide-open door" does not always mean comfort. Wide-open opportunity in the kingdom often invites resistance. Notice the theology beneath this statement. The door has opened because God did it. But on the otherside the adversaries are real. Open doors, even wide open ones, do not remove enemies. They often reveal them. And Paul does not refuse the door because opposition appears. He walks through it because the opportunity is…