Hebrews 11:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.”

What this verse means

A short, plain-language explanation of Hebrews 11:25 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 11:25 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  2. Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
  3. Job 36:21Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
  4. Psalms 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
  5. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  6. Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
  7. Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
  8. Isaiah 47:8So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
  9. Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  10. Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
  11. Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
  12. Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
  13. Acts 7:24And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
  14. Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  15. Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  16. Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  17. Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
  18. 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  19. Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  20. 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
  21. 2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
  22. 2 Timothy 2:3Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
  23. 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
  24. Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring