Hebrews 2:5

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, ¹  about which we are speaking, ²  under the control of angels.

Hebrews 2:18

2:18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Hebrews 5:8

5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ³ 

Hebrews 6:8

6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ⁴  its fate is to be burned.

Hebrews 7:16

7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent ⁵  but by the power of an indestructible life.

Hebrews 9:20

9:20 and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.” ⁶ 

Hebrews 10:10

10:10 By his will ⁷  we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:32

10:32 But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.

Hebrews 11:15

11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:18

11:18 God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ⁸ 

[2:5]  ¹ sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

[2:5]  ² sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.

[5:8]  ³ sn There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emaqen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epaqen).

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “near to a curse.”

[7:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “a law of a fleshly command.”

[9:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “which God commanded for you (or in your case).”

[10:10]  ¹¹ tn Grk “by which will.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[11:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “in Isaac seed will be named for you.”