No, of course not. That calls for the strategy of the Holy Spirit. Our God is capable of this. This is no problem with Him. When He opens the way, it doesn't make any difference if all the imperial processes are against Him.
Adversity means advance.
That is only one proof that the apostle brings forth as evidence for his claim. There is another one. Certain Christians were fearful of preaching the gospel. It often cost a man his life to proclaim Christ in Rome in the days of Nero Caesar, and some of them had given up trying. But when they saw that despite every effort of the emperor to keep Paul suppressed, nevertheless God was limiting what Nero could do and his overruling hand was evident in Paul's life, the Christians began to take heart.