Hebrews 1
Final GreetingAll who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. May grace be with all of you! Amen. ▼▼Other mss. lack Amen
1The Letter to the HebrewsGod Has Spoken to UsGod, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,Num 12:6, 8 2has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.Deut 4:30; Ps 2:8; Matt 21:38; 28:18; John 1:3, 17; 3:35; 15:15; Rom 8:17; 1Cor 8:6; Gal 4:4; Eph 1:10; Col 1:16; Heb 2:3 3He is the reflection ▼▼Or radiance
of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest MajestyPs 110:1; John 1:4, 14; 14:9; 2Cor 4:4; Eph 1:20; Col 1:15, 17; Heb 7:27; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 4:11 4and became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is better than theirs.Eph 1:21; Phil 2:9-10 5God's Son Is Superior to the AngelsFor to which of the angels did God ▼▼Lit. he
ever say, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father”? ▼▼Ps 2:7
Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”? ▼▼2 Sam 7:14
2Sam 7:14; 1Chr 22:10; 28:6; Ps 2:7; 89:26-27; Acts 13:33; Heb 5:5 6And again, when he brings ▼▼Or And when he again brings
his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” ▼▼Deut 32:43 (LXX); Ps 97:7
Deut 32:43; Ps 97:7; Rom 8:29; Col 1:18; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 1:5 7Now about the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds,and his servants flames of fire.” ▼▼Ps 104:4
Ps 104:4 8But about the Son he says,Ps 45:6-7 “Your throne, O God,is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdomis a righteous scepter. 9You have loved righteousnessIsa 61:1; Acts 4:27; 10:38and hated wickedness. That is why God, your God,anointed you rather than your companionswith the oil of gladness.” ▼▼Ps 45:6-7
10And,Ps 102:25 “In the beginning, Lord,you laid the foundation of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands. 11They will come to an end,Isa 34:4; 51:6; Matt 24:35; 2Pet 3:7, 10; Rev 21:1but you will remain forever.They will all wear out like clothes. 12You will roll them up like a robe,and they will be changed like clothes. But you remain the same,and your years will never end.” ▼▼Ps 102:25-27
13But to which of the angels did he ever say,Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Heb 10:3, 12 “Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ▼▼Ps 110:1
14All of them are spirits on a divine mission, sent to serve those who are about to inherit salvation, aren't they?Gen 19:16; Ps 34:7; 91:11; 103:20-21; Dan 3:28; 7:10; 10:11; Matt 18:10; Luke 1:19; Acts 12:7; 27:23; Rom 8:17; Titus 3:7; James 2:5; 1Pet 3:7
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