Hebrews 2:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

Hebrews 2:5 —

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2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Hebrews 6:5
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

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Angel (a Spirit)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-9)

The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb. 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one—That the state of the gospel-church,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. 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), H…