Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Hebrews 6:5

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

KJV

καὶ καλὸν γευσαμένους θεοῦ ῥῆμα δυνάμεις τε μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,

Greek NT

gustaverunt nihilominus bonum Dei verbum, virtutesque sæculi venturi,

Vulgate

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

ASV

Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come,

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
γεύομαι
geuomai
verb · 15×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§655Finally, Christ's Resurrection - and the risen Christ himself is the principle and source of our future resurrection: "Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. . . For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive."528 The risen Christ lives in the hearts of his faithful while they await that fulfilment. In Christ, …
§679Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgement on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as redeemer of the world. He "acquired" this right by his cross. the Father has given "all judgement to the Son".586 Yet the Son did not come to judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself.587 By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges one…
It is no sign that affections are truly gracious, or that they are not, that they are very great, or raised very high. Scripture history abundantly demonstrates that truly gracious affections may be exceedingly raised. Neither is it any sign that religious affections are from some external cause, for both natural and gracious affections may be occasioned by outward means.
Canons of Dort · 2 passages
For God, who is rich in mercy, according to the unchangeable purpose of election does not take the Holy Spirit from his own completely, even when they fall grievously. Neither does God let them fall down so far that they forfeit the grace of adoption and the state of justification, or commit the sin which leads to death (the sin against the Holy Spirit), and plunge themselves, …
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that the faith of those who believe only temporarily does not differ from justifying and saving faith except in duration alone.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:3 — If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
  • 1Pet 2:3 — If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
  • 2Pet 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
  • Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
  • Heb 2:5 — For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
  • Heb 9:10 — Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
  • Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
  • Mark 4:16 — And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
  • Matt 13:20 — But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;