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 4:8

4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God ³  would not have spoken afterward about another day.

Hebrews 11:20

11:20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Hebrews 11:40

11:40 For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. ⁴ 

[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.

[4:8]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:40]  ⁵ tn The Greek phrasing emphasizes this point by negating the opposite: “so that they would not be made perfect without us.”