God’s Full and Final Revelation in the Son
The Son Superior to the Angels
5 For to which of the angels did he ever say,
today I have begotten you,”[f]
and again,
and he will be my son[h]”?[i]
6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says,
7 And concerning the angels he says,
and his servants a flame of fire,”[k]
8 but concerning the Son,
and the scepter of righteous is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
because of this God, your God, has anointed you
with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.[m]
10 And,
and the heavens are the works of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you continue,
and they will all become old like a garment,
12 and like a robe you will roll them up,
and like a garment they will be changed;
but you are the same, and your years will not run out.”[n]
13 But to which of the angels has he ever said,
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”[o]
14 Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?
Footnotes
- Hebrews 1:1 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spoke”) which is understood as concessive
- Hebrews 1:1 Or “portions”
- Hebrews 1:2 Or “the universe”; literally “the ages”
- Hebrews 1:3 Some manuscripts have “by the word of his power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down”
- Hebrews 1:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had made”) which is understood as temporal
- Hebrews 1:5 A quotation from Ps 2:7
- Hebrews 1:5 Literally “to him for a father”
- Hebrews 1:5 Literally “to me for a son”
- Hebrews 1:5 A quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 (cf. 1 Chr 17:13)
- Hebrews 1:6 A quotation from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7
- Hebrews 1:7 A quotation from Ps 104:4
- Hebrews 1:8 Literally “for the age of the age”
- Hebrews 1:9 A quotation from Ps 45:6–7
- Hebrews 1:12 A quotation from Ps 102:25–27
- Hebrews 1:13 A quotation from Ps 110:1