choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.