Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
24By faith Moses, when grown up, refused to be called son of a daughter of Pharaoh;
Cross References
Matthew 13:21and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.
Luke 16:25But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art 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 →