Hebrews 11:24-26

Amplified Bible

²⁴By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,^(A) ²⁵because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. ²⁶He considered the reproach of the ^[a]Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].

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Footnotes

Hebrews 11:26 The author is probably suggesting two things here: 1) Moses’ reproach was like what was endured by Jesus in His suffering and death, and 2) Moses’ reproach was for the sake of Christ. Whether typology is involved here is debated.