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

3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him, 4while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels. 6Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him? 7You made him lower than the angels for a little while. 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 6:5tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,
• 2 Peter 3:13But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.
• Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever 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