25 choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God rather than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin, 26 considering reproach endured for the sake of Christ[a] greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as if he[b] saw the invisible one.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:26 Literally “the reproach of Christ”
  2. Hebrews 11:27 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as conditional