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After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For to which of the angels did God ever say: <p class="indent1stline">“You are My Son; <p class="indent2"> today I have become Your Father”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span>? <p class="reg"> Or again: <p class="indent1stline">“I will be His Father, <p class="indent2"> and He will be My Son”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>? <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: <p class="indent1stline">“Let all God’s angels worship Him.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now about the angels He says: <p class="indent1stline">“He makes His angels winds, <p class="indent2"> His servants flames of fire.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But about the Son He says: <p class="indent1stline">“Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, <p class="indent2"> and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You have loved righteousness <p class="indent2"> and hated wickedness; <p class="indent1"> therefore God, Your God, has anointed You <p class="indent2"> above Your companions with the oil of joy.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And: <p class="indent1stline">“In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, <p class="indent2"> and the heavens are the work of Your hands. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They will perish, but You remain; <p class="indent2"> they will all wear out like a garment. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You will roll them up like a robe; <p class="indent2"> like a garment<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> they will be changed; <p class="indent1"> but You remain the same, <p class="indent2"> and Your years will never end.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: <p class="indent1stline">“Sit at My right hand <p class="indent2"> until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span>? <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Are not the angels<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>in His Son</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>the world</i><span class="thin"> </span>; literally <i>the ages</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <a href="../psalms/2.htm#7">Psalm 2:7</a>; literally <i>today I have begotten You</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <a href="../2_samuel/7.htm#14">2 Samuel 7:14</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/17.htm#13">1 Chronicles 17:13</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../deuteronomy/32.htm#43">Deuteronomy 32:43</a> (see DSS and LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <a href="../psalms/104.htm#4">Psalm 104:4</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <a href="../psalms/45.htm#6">Psalm 45:6–7</a><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> BYZ and TR do not include <i>like a garment</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <a href="../psalms/102.htm#25">Psalm 102:25–27</a><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <a href="../psalms/110.htm">Psalm 110:1</a><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> Literally <i>Are they not all</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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