Hebrews 11:25

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Hebrews 11:25

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Choosing

The people

Hebrews 4:9

1 Peter 2:10

The pleasures

Bible References

Choosing

But you must continue to remember those earlier days when first you received the light and then endured so great a struggle with persecution,

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

Because he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended and avenged the man who was suffering ill-treatment by striking down the Egyptian.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me.

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,

and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too.

For if anybody is in union with Christ, he is the work of a new creation; the old condition has passed away, a new condition has come.

I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.

We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing

So you must never be ashamed of me His prisoner, but suffer for the good news in fellowship with me and by the power of God.

Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

my persecutions, my sufferings, such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such as I endured but the Lord delivered me out of them all.

for a man's anger does not produce the uprightness that God requires.

In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,

Dearly beloved, do not be astonished that a test by fire is coming upon you, as though something strange were happening to you,

The people

So a sabbath of rest is still awaiting God's people.

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once His mercy had not been shown you, but now it has.

The pleasures

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

But Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received in full your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus his hardships in his, but now he is continuously comforted here, while you are continuously tortured there.

Here on earth you have lived in luxury and self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

To the same degree in which she has lived in splendor and luxury, give her torture and tears. Because she is always boasting in her heart, 'I sit enthroned as queen; I am not a widow, I shall never experience any sorrow' --