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Hebrews 2:5-8
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5 For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels. 6 But one has somewhere testified, saying,

“What is man, that you think of him?
    Or the son of man, that you care for him?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels.
    You crowned him with glory and honor.[a]
8     You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”Psalm 8:4-6

For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 TR adds “and set him over the works of your hands”
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Hebrews 2:5-8
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Jesus, the Man

5 And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. 6 For in one place the Scriptures say,

“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    or a son of man[a] that you should care for him?
7 Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.[b]
8 You gave them authority over all things.”[c]

Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Or the Son of Man.
  2. 2:7 Some manuscripts add You gave them charge of everything you made.
  3. 2:6-8 Ps 8:4-6 (Greek version).
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