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For he didn`t subject the world to come, whereof we speak, to angels.
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The 'World to Come' is Now
Commentators clarify that "the world to come" doesn't just mean a future heaven. It refers to the new era of salvation—the Messianic age—that Jesus inaugurated. This new gospel dispensation, which the author is discussing, has replaced the old system of the law and is the reality believers live in now.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection. In this verse, the apostle returns to the subject he had been discussing in chapter 1—t…
For not unto angels (ου γαρ αγγελοις). The author now proceeds to show (2:5-18) that the very humanity of Jesus, the Son of Man, l…
19th Century
Anglican
For.—There is a very clear connection between this verse and Hebrews 1:14. Angels are but ministering spirits, serving God in …
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Baptist
For every house is builded by some man but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a…
Having looked at “such a great salvation” that Christ won for his own, the author goes on to the further point that the subjection of the world to …
16th Century
Protestant
For unto the angels, etc. He again proves by another argument that Christ should be obeyed, for the Father has conferred on Him the sovere…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For unto the angels Though angels were concerned in the giving of the law, and were frequently employed under the fo…
Neither the current state of the church, nor its more completely restored state—when the prince of this world will be cast out and the kingdoms of …
13th Century
Catholic
Having made a comparison to show that it is more necessary to observe the commandments of Christ than those of the Law delivered by angels, the Apo…
