Hebrews 11:25 (WEB)
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,
Fathers and councils · 4
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.11Conference XI
“…to have the pleasure of sin for a season, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasure of the Egyptians; for he looked unto the reward.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 24–26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.
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John Chrysostom
“For, saith he, ( ver. 24–26 ) “by faith Moses when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““By faith Abel offered to God a fuller sacrifice than Cain, by which he received testimony that he was righteous, God giving testimony to him respecting his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh,” and so forth, down to “than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 3, 4, 25.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.11.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.