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

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear {me}:

For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast {it} from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not {that} thy whole body should be cast into hell. {offend...: or, do cause thee to offend}

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten {them}, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we {are} not careful to answer thee in this matter.

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water?

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

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

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear {me}: