Hebrews 1

God Has Spoken to Us Through His Son

1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors at many different times and in many different ways through the prophets.2 In these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. God made his Son responsible for everything. His Son is the one through whom God made the universe.

3 His Son is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact likeness of God’s being. He holds everything together through his powerful words. After he had cleansed people from their sins, he received the highest position, the one next to the Father in heaven.

God’s Son Is Superior to the Angels

4 The Son has become greater than the angels since he has been given a name that is superior to theirs.

5 God never said to any of his angels,
“You are my Son.Today I have become your Father.”And God never said to any of his angels,“I will be his Father,and he will be my Son.”6 When God was about to send his firstborn Son into the world, he said,“All of God’s angels must worship him.”7 God said about the angels,“He makes his messengers winds.He makes his servants flames of fire.”8 But God said about his Son,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.The scepter in your kingdom is a scepter for justice.9 You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong.That is why God, your God,anointed you, rather than your companions, with the oil of joy.”10 God also said,“Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth.With your own hands you made the heavens.11 They will come to an end, but you will live forever.They will all wear out like clothes.12 They will be taken off like a coat.You will change them like clothes.But you remain the same, and your life will never end.13 But God never said to any of the angels,“Sit in the highest position in heavenuntil I make your enemies your footstool.”14 What are all the angels? They are spirits sent to serve those who are going to receive salvation.

Hebrews 1

Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son

1 After God spoke long agot in various portionst and in various wayst to our ancestorst through the prophets,2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son,ts whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.t3 The Son ist the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word,t and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.s

4 Thus he becamet so far better than the angels asts he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

The Son Is Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did Godt ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”?ts And in another placet he says,t “I will be his father and he will be my son.”ts6 But when he again bringst his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”s7 And he sayss of the angels, “He makesthis angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”s

8 but oft the Son he says,t
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,t
and a righteous sceptertis the scepter of your kingdom.

9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
So God, your God, has anointed you over your companionsswith the oil of rejoicing.”s

10 And,
“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord,s
and the heavens are the works of your hands.

11 They will perish, but you continue.
And they will all grow old like a garment,

12 and like a robe you will fold them up
and like a garmentsssthey will be changed,
but you are the same and your years will never run out.”s
13 But to which of the angelss has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?s

14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve thoset who will inherit salvation?