⁹ because a great door for effective work has opened to me,^(A) and there are many who oppose me.

³ And pray for us, too, that God may open a door^(A) for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery^(B) of Christ, for which I am in chains.^(C)

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia^(A) write:

Ministers of the New Covenant

¹² Now when I went to Troas^(A) to preach the gospel of Christ^(B) and found that the Lord had opened a door^(C) for me,

²⁷ On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them^(A) and how he had opened a door^(B) of faith to the Gentiles.

¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.^(A)

⁹ But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned^(A) before the angels of God.