The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,[a][b] or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?(A)[c] When He again[d] brings His firstborn into the world,(B) He says, And all God’s angels must worship Him.(C)[e] And about the angels He says:

He makes His angels winds,[f]
and His servants[g] a fiery flame,(D)[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Or have begotten You
  2. Hebrews 1:5 Ps 2:7
  3. Hebrews 1:5 2Sm 7:14; 1Ch 17:13
  4. Hebrews 1:6 Or And again, when He
  5. Hebrews 1:6 Dt 32:43 LXX; Ps 97:7
  6. Hebrews 1:7 Or spirits
  7. Hebrews 1:7 Or ministers
  8. Hebrews 1:7 Ps 104:4

The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father”[a]?(A)

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son”[b]?(B)

And again, when God brings his firstborn(C) into the world,(D) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[c](E)

In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
    and his servants flames of fire.”[d](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
  3. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
  4. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4