Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συγκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ λαῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἢ πρόσκαιρον ἔχειν ἁμαρτίας ἀπόλαυσιν·
mallon elomenos sygkakoycheisthai tō laō toy Theoy ē proskairon echein amartias apolaysin·
