Hebrews 11:25
choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, rather than to have the pleasantness of sin for a time,
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In Context
24By faith, Moses, after growing up, denied himself a place as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
Cross References
Job 21:11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children jump around playfully.
Psalms 47:9As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. God has founded it in eternity.
Psalms 84:10So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.
Isaiah 47:8And now, hear these things, you who are delicate and have confidence, who say in your heart: “I am, and there is no one greater than me. I will not sit as a widow, and I will not know barrenness.”
Matthew 13:21But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles.
Luke 16:25And Abraham said to him: ‘Son, recall that you received good things in your life, and in comparison, Lazarus received bad things. But now he is consoled, and truly you are tormented.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →