Charles Ellicott Commentary Hebrews 11:25

"choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;" — Hebrews 11:25 (ASV)

Choosing.—Better, having chosen. His act was an expression of his deliberate choice. He joined his people because it was “the people of God.” To stand aloof for the sake of ease and pleasure would for him have been apostasy from God (“sin,” compare to Hebrews 10:26). The faith of Moses had brought “conviction of the things not seen,” which are eternal; hence he looked not at the things seen which are for a season (2 Corinthians 4:18, where the same word is used).