Hebrews 11:25

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Summary

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

Psalm 47:9

1 Peter 2:10

The pleasures

Bible References

Choosing

But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

The people

So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

The pleasures

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.