32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(A) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(B) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(C) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(D) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(E) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(F)

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32 But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,(A) 33 sometimes being publicly exposed to insults and afflictions and sometimes becoming partners with those so treated.(B) 34 For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.34 Other ancient authorities add in heaven