Hebrews 11:40 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:40

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

KJV

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 7.2.8-9 (253)

For indeed, even the apostles have not yet received their joy, but they also wait that I may be a partaker of their joy. For the saints, when they leave this place, do not immediately obtain the whole rewards of their merits. They also wait for us, though we delay, even though we remain. For they do not have perfect delight as long as they grieve for our errors and mourn for our sins. Perhaps you do not believe me when I say this.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

God having provided some better thing for us - Namely, everlasting glory. That they might not be perfected without us - That is, that we might all be perfected together in heaven.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

God having provided some better thing for us - This is the dispensation of the Gospel, with all the privileges and advantages it confers. That they without us should not be made perfect - Believers before the flood, after the flood, under the law, and since the law, make but one Church. The Gospel dispensation is the last, and the Church cannot be considered as complete till the believers under all dispensations are gathered together.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Christ's death, the means of perfecting what the Jewish law could not perfect, was reserved for our time. Compare Heb 12:2, "perfecter (Greek) of our faith." Now that Christ is come, they in soul share our blessedness, being "the spirits of the just made perfect" (Heb 12:23); so ALFORD; however, see on Heb 12:23.

Modern Voices1 voice

Dr. Rob Reimer

Never Taking Offense (Renewal International blog) (2018)

There are some promises that God gives us that are not for us. They are for a future generation.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
περὶ	peri	for	G4012 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	us	G3165 →
κρεῖττόν	kreitton	better	G2908 →
τι	ti	something	G5100 →
προβλεψαμένου,	problepsamenou	having planned,	G4265 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
χωρὶς	chōris	apart from	G5565 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	us	G3165 →
τελειωθῶσιν.¶	teleiōthōsin	they may be made perfect.	G5048 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 8:6
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
leads to
- Hebrews 7:22
  Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- Galatians 3:16–21
  The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
Through
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
leads to
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 2:10
  In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Through
Revelation 6:11
Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been…
leads to
- Revelation 7:9
  After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…