Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Balancing the best of the world with the worst of religion, he 'chose' the latter, with deliberate resolution, not hasty impulse. He was forty years old when the judgment is matured.
For a season. If the world has 'pleasure' х apolausin (G619): 'enjoyment'] to offer, it is but for a season. If religion bring with it "affliction," it too is but for a season: its 'pleasures are forevermore' (Psalms 16:11).