他宁可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不愿暂时享受罪中之乐。

他宁可和上帝的百姓一同受苦，也不愿在罪中享受片刻的欢乐。

他宁可和神的百姓一同受苦，也不愿在罪中享受片刻的欢乐。

宁愿与上帝的子民一同受苦，也不肯享受一时的罪中之乐。

他宁愿选择和神的子民一同受苦，也不肯享受罪恶中暂时的快乐。

他宁愿选择与神的子民同受虐待，也不愿享受暂时的罪中之乐。

他寧可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不願暫時享受罪中之樂。

他寧可和上帝的百姓一同受苦，也不願在罪中享受片刻的歡樂。

他寧可和神的百姓一同受苦，也不願在罪中享受片刻的歡樂。

寧願與上帝的子民一同受苦，也不肯享受一時的罪中之樂。

他寧願選擇和神的子民一同受苦，也不肯享受罪惡中暫時的快樂。

寧可選擇跟上帝的子民同受虐待，也不願意有罪惡中暫時的享受。

他寧願選擇與神的子民同受虐待，也不願享受暫時的罪中之樂。

寧與上帝民共受艱辛、不欲暫享罪惡之樂、

願與上帝民、共受艱辛、不敢暫享淫樂、

願與天主民同受苦、不願暫享罪惡之逸樂、

寧願與天主之民同受困苦、不願於須臾之間與罪人同享逸樂。

He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

He chose to be treated badly together with the people of God. He chose not to enjoy sin’s pleasures. They only last for a short time.

choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin.

choosing rather to endure ill treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin,

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

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

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.

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

choosing rather to be ill- treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

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. (niv)

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (niv)

that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. (niv)

Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction. (niv)

Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts,‘ I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.’ (niv)

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (niv)

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. (niv)

Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. (niv)

In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith— of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (niv)

because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. (niv)

“ Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself,‘ I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells. (niv)

They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. (niv)

And I’ll say to myself,“ You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ (niv)

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; (niv)

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you (niv)

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (niv)

Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (niv)

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. (niv)

My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me. (niv)

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. (niv)

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. (niv)

“ But Abraham replied,‘ Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. (niv)

persecutions, sufferings— what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, (niv)

He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. (niv)

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?As it is written:“ For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (niv)

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. (niv)

The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. (niv)

They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— (niv)

Now if we are children, then we are heirs— heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (niv)

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. (niv)

I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me— the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. (niv)

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; (niv)