having become so much better than the angels, to the extent that He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to provide service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he left, not knowing where he was going.

For you know that even afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.