Hebrews 1
Revised Standard Version
God Has Spoken by His Son
1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs.
The Son Is Superior to Angels
5 For to what angel did God ever say,
“Thou art my Son,
today I have begotten thee”?
Or again,
“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?
6 And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”
7 Of the angels he says,
“Who makes his angels winds,
and his servants flames of fire.”
8 But of the Son he says,
“Thy throne, O God,[a] is for ever and ever,
the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy[b] kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee
with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades.”
10 And,
“Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning,
and the heavens are the work of thy hands;
11 they will perish, but thou remainest;
they will all grow old like a garment,
12 like a mantle thou wilt roll them up,
and they will be changed.[c]
But thou art the same,
and thy years will never end.”
13 But to what angel has he ever said,
“Sit at my right hand
till I make thy enemies
a stool for thy feet”?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?
Footnotes
- Hebrews 1:8 Or God is thy throne
- Hebrews 1:8 Other ancient authorities read his
- Hebrews 1:12 Other ancient authorities add like a garment
Hebrews 1
American Standard Version
1 God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, 2 hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [a]his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the [b]worlds; 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and [c]the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time,
[d]Thou art my Son,
This day have I begotten thee?
and again,
[e]I will be to him a Father,
And he shall be to me a Son?
6 [f]And when he again [g]bringeth in the firstborn into [h]the world he saith, [i]And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith,
[j]Who maketh his angels winds,
And his ministers a flame of fire:
8 but of the Son he saith,
[k][l]Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever;
And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of [m]thy kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And,
[n]Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou continuest:
And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up,
As a garment, and they shall be changed:
But thou art the same,
And thy years shall not fail.
13 But of which of the angels hath he said at any time,
[o]Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?
Footnotes
- Hebrews 1:2 Greek a Son.
- Hebrews 1:2 Greek ages. Compare 1 Tim. 1:17.
- Hebrews 1:3 Or, the impress of his substance
- Hebrews 1:5 Ps. 2:7.
- Hebrews 1:5 2 Sam. 7:14.
- Hebrews 1:6 Or, And again, when he bringeth in
- Hebrews 1:6 Or, shall have brought in
- Hebrews 1:6 Greek the inhabited earth.
- Hebrews 1:6 Dt. 32:43 Septuagint; compare Ps. 97:7
- Hebrews 1:7 Ps. 104:4.
- Hebrews 1:8 Ps. 45:6f.
- Hebrews 1:8 Or, Thy throne is God for etc.
- Hebrews 1:8 The two oldest Greek manuscripts read, his
- Hebrews 1:10 Ps. 102:25ff.
- Hebrews 1:13 Ps. 110:1.
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