Hebrews 2:5

Hebrews 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
• New International Version (NIV)It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

Context of Hebrews 2:5

3So how will we escape punishment if we reject the important message, the message that God saved us? First, the Lord told this saving message. Then those who heard him confirmed that message. 4God verified what they said through miraculous signs, amazing things, other powerful acts, and with other gifts from the Holy Spirit as he wanted. He didn’t put the world that will come (about which we are talking) under the angels’ control. 6Instead, someone has declared this somewhere in Scripture: “What is a mortal that you should remember him, or the Son of Man that you take care of him? 7You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.

Hebrews 2:5 word by word

οὐ γὰρ ἀγγέλοις ὑπέταξεν τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν μέλλουσαν περὶ ἧς λαλοῦμεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• unto the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• hath heὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the worldοἰκουμένηoikoumenē · worldG3625
• to comeμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• whereofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• we speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:5

• Hebrews 6:5They experienced the goodness of God’s word and the powers of the world to come.
• 2 Peter 3:13But we look forward to what God has promised—a new heaven and a new earth—a place where everything that has God’s approval lives.
• Revelation 11:15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The world to come - That הבא עולם olam habba, the world to come, meant the days of the Messiah among the Jews, is most evident, and has been often pointed out in the course of these notes; and that the administration of this kingdom has not been intrusted to angels, who were frequently employed under the law, is also evident, for the government is on the shoulder of Jesus Christ; he alone has the keys of death and hell; he alone shuts, and no man opens…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection - In this verse the apostle returns to the subject which he had been discussing in Hebrews 1:1-14 - the superiority of the Messiah to the angels. From that subject he had been diverted Hebrews 2:1-4, by showing them what must be the consequences of defection from Christianity, and the danger of neglecting it. Having shown that, he now proceeds with the discussion, and shows that an honor had been conferred…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-9Verses 5-9 Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor its more completely restored state, when the prince of this world shall be cast out, and the kingdoms of the earth become the kingdom of Christ, is left to the government of the angels: Christ will take to him his great power, and will reign. And what is the moving cause of all the kindness God shows to men in giving Christ for them and to them? it is the grace of God. As a reward of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5it is not to angels: Compare Hebrews 1:13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. For--confirming the assertion, He 2:2, 3, that the new covenant was spoken by One higher than the mediators of the old covenant, namely, angels. Translate in the Greek order, to bring out the proper emphasis, "Not the angels hath He," &c. the world to come--implying, He has subjected to angels the existing world, the Old Testament dispensation (then still partly existing as to its framework), He 2:2, the political kingdom of the earth (Da 4:13; 10:13…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:5

• Angel (a Spirit)

In the dictionaries

• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation
• Ebionism; Ebionites
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Faithful; Faithfulness

Commentaries on Hebrews 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings