that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
Hebrews 11:25 - Tree of Life Version Instead he chose to suffer mistreatment along with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. American Standard Version (1901) choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Common English Bible He chose to be mistreated with God’s people instead of having the temporary pleasures of sin. Catholic Public Domain Version choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, rather than to have the pleasantness of sin for a time, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Rather choosing to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin for a time, |
that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
Be careful, do not turn to iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
My heart is bewildered, terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling.
Yet even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image that you set up.”
Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good things, even as Lazarus received the bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are tormented.
I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. Now come—let Me send you to Egypt.’
And not only that, but we also boast in suffering—knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah.
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but share in suffering for the Good News according to the power of God.
But remember the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings.
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were murdered with the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, mistreated.
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people.” You were shown “no mercy,” but now you have been shown “mercy.”
As she has exalted herself and indulged herself in luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and grief! For in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen— I am no widow; I shall never see grief.’