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

Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

προκρινας μαλλον να κακουχηται με τον λαον του Θεου παρα να εχη προσκαιρον απολαυσιν αμαρτιας,

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