Hebrews 11:24, 25

"By trust Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of Placer, than to enjoy the pleasures of un-mark for a season;"

As verse 23 notes in the Etymological New Testament, Moses was an "urbane" child.  And when he was grown, he made a decision about the culture with which he would be identified.  One aspect our our trust in the anointed one is that we, like Moses, decline to understand ourselves as part of Pharaoh's culture.  In fact, like Moses, we seem to make a very poor decision: ill treatment with people of God.  

In verse 25, the writer of Hebrews acknowledges a certain transient pleasure in "un-mark."  But it is only for a season.  HAMARTIA is, of course, typically translated as 'sin' in most versions.  Ultra-literally, it is from two component parts in Greek "un-mark."  The real pleasures of life are found in hitting the mark rather than in missing out.  The word "sin" can be useful, but does have many centuries of theological baggage that it conveys.  The truth is crystal clear, as are the decisions we make: to reject positions of privilege and power.  And, instead, hit the mark by identifying our lives with others, "the people of Placer", who strive to love God and neighbor as oneself.