Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
24By faith Moses, having become an adult, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Cross References
Matthew 13:21but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended.
Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and 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 →