Yet you have made him a little lower than (A)the heavenly beings[a]
    and crowned him with (B)glory and honor.

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  1. Psalm 8:5 Or than God; Septuagint than the angels

You have made them[a] a little lower than the angels[b](A)
    and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.(B)

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  1. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or him

You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
    you have crowned him with glory and honor,[a]

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  1. Hebrews 2:7 Some manuscripts insert and set him over the works of your hands

You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor

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  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while

But we see him (A)who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, (B)crowned with glory and honor (C)because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might (D)taste death (E)for everyone.

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But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(A) because he suffered death,(B) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(C)

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26 Then God said, (A)“Let us make man[a] in our image, (B)after our likeness. And (C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    (D)male and female he created them.

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  1. Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make mankind(B) in our image,(C) in our likeness,(D) so that they may rule(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created(G) mankind(H) in his own image,(I)
    in the image of God(J) he created them;
    male and female(K) he created them.(L)

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he (A)helps the offspring of Abraham.

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16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.(A)

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but (A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (B)servant,[a] (C)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (D)becoming obedient to the point of death, (E)even death on a cross. (F)Therefore (G)God has (H)highly exalted him and bestowed on him (I)the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus (J)every knee should bow, (K)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and (L)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is (M)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(D)
        even death on a cross!(E)

Therefore God exalted him(F) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(G)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(H)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(I)
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,(J)
    to the glory of God the Father.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

21 (A)far above (B)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above (C)every name that is named, not only in (D)this age but also in the one to come.

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21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,(A) and every name(B) that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.(C)

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who (A)redeems your life from the pit,
    who (B)crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

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who redeems your life(A) from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,(B)

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For you (A)meet him with rich blessings;
    you set (B)a crown of (C)fine gold upon his head.
He asked life of you; you (D)gave it to him,
    (E)length of days forever and ever.
His (F)glory is great through your salvation;
    (G)splendor and majesty you bestow on him.

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You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold(A) on his head.(B)
He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.(C)
Through the victories(D) you gave, his glory is great;
    you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.(E)

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20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but (A)was made manifest (B)in the last times for the sake of you 21 (C)who through him are believers in God, (D)who raised him from the dead and (E)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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20 He was chosen before the creation of the world,(A) but was revealed in these last times(B) for your sake. 21 Through him you believe in God,(C) who raised him from the dead(D) and glorified him,(E) and so your faith and hope(F) are in God.

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then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

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Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

A New Commandment

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, (A)“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and (B)God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, (C)God will also glorify him in himself, and (D)glorify him at once.

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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)

31 When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man(B) is glorified(C) and God is glorified in him.(D) 32 If God is glorified in him,[a] God will glorify the Son in himself,(E) and will glorify him at once.

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  1. John 13:32 Many early manuscripts do not have If God is glorified in him.

20 Bless the Lord, O you (A)his angels,
    you (B)mighty ones who (C)do his word,
    obeying the voice of his word!

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20 Praise the Lord,(A) you his angels,(B)
    you mighty ones(C) who do his bidding,(D)
    who obey his word.

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