Hebrews 11:25 Meaning and Explanation
“Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;”
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Read Full Chapter →He deliberately chose to share the hardship of God's people rather than enjoy sin's pleasures for a brief while.
What Does Hebrews 11:25 Mean?
This verse unfolds the choice behind Moses' refusal of palace honors. He weighed two paths: ease and pleasure in Egypt, or affliction alongside the people of God.
He chose suffering with God's people over the pleasures of sin, knowing those pleasures last only for a season. Faith reckons with time, refusing a fleeting comfort for the sake of a lasting good. Moses saw that the hardships of belonging to God outvalue the brief delights of a life apart from Him. The believer who counts the cost rightly will always choose the harder road that leads home.
Hebrews 11:25 in the Original Language
proskairos (πρόσκαιρος), 'for a season' -- lasting only for a time, temporary and passing.
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What does Hebrews 11:25 mean?
He deliberately chose to share the hardship of God's people rather than enjoy sin's pleasures for a brief while.