A Priest Forever

(A)So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:

(B)“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”

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In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory(A) of becoming a high priest.(B) But God said(C) to him,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:5 Psalm 2:7

“I will declare the [a]decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
(A)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

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  1. Psalm 2:7 Or decree of the Lord: He said to Me

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(A)
    today I have become your father.(B)

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54 Jesus answered, (A)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. (B)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [a]your God.

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  1. John 8:54 NU, M our

54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself,(A) my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.(B)

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The Son Exalted Above Angels

For to which of the angels did He ever say:

(A)“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?

And again:

(B)“I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?

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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)

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  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13

18 (A)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who (B)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and (C)no unrighteousness is in Him.

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18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(A) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

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33 God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:

(A)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’

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33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.(A) As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’[a](B)

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  1. Acts 13:33 Psalm 2:7

For (A)what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, (B)God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,

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For what the law was powerless(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[a](B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(C) to be a sin offering.[b](D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh,

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  1. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  2. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin

The Coming Messiah

“But you, (A)Bethlehem (B)Ephrathah,
Though you are little (C)among the (D)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be (E)Ruler in Israel,
(F)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”

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  1. Micah 5:2 Lit. the days of eternity

“But you, Bethlehem(A) Ephrathah,(B)
    though you are small among the clans[a] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler(C) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,(D)
    from ancient times.”(E)

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  1. Micah 5:2 Or rulers

God’s Supreme Revelation(A)

God, who [a]at various times and (B)in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

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  1. Hebrews 1:1 Or in many portions

God’s Final Word: His Son

In the past God spoke(A) to our ancestors through the prophets(B) at many times and in various ways,(C)

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16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E)

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