Heb 1 | ISV | STEP | The Letter to the Hebrews God Has Spoken to Us God, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,

Hebrews 1

Final GreetingAll who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. May grace be with all of you! Amen. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Amen}

1 The Letter to the HebrewsGod Has Spoken to Us

God, having spoken in former times in fragmentary and varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets,Num 12:6, 8 2 has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.Deut 4:30; Ps 2:8; Matt 21:38; 28:18; John 1:3, 17; 3:35; 15:15; Rom 8:17; 1Cor 8:6; Gal 4:4; Eph 1:10; Col 1:16; Heb 2:3 3 He is the reflection ^{▼▼Or radiance} of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest MajestyPs 110:1; John 1:4, 14; 14:9; 2Cor 4:4; Eph 1:20; Col 1:15, 17; Heb 7:27; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 4:11 4 and became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is better than theirs.Eph 1:21; Phil 2:9-10

5 God's Son Is Superior to the AngelsFor to which of the angels did God ^{▼▼Lit. he} ever say, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father”? ^{▼▼Ps 2:7} Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”? ^{▼▼2 Sam 7:14}2Sam 7:14; 1Chr 22:10; 28:6; Ps 2:7; 89:26-27; Acts 13:33; Heb 5:5 6 And again, when he brings ^{▼▼Or And when he again brings} his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” ^{▼▼Deut 32:43 (LXX); Ps 97:7}Deut 32:43; Ps 97:7; Rom 8:29; Col 1:18; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 1:5 7 Now about the angels he says,

“He makes his angels winds,

and his servants flames of fire.” ^{▼▼Ps 104:4}Ps 104:4

8 But about the Son he says,Ps 45:6-7

“Your throne, O God,

is forever and ever,

and the scepter of your kingdom

is a righteous scepter.

9 You have loved righteousnessIsa 61:1; Acts 4:27; 10:38

and hated wickedness.

That is why God, your God,

anointed you rather than your companions

with the oil of gladness.” ^{▼▼Ps 45:6-7}

10 And,Ps 102:25

“In the beginning, Lord,

you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

11 They will come to an end,Isa 34:4; 51:6; Matt 24:35; 2Pet 3:7, 10; Rev 21:1

but you will remain forever.

They will all wear out like clothes.

12 You will roll them up like a robe,

and they will be changed like clothes.

But you remain the same,

and your years will never end.” ^{▼▼Ps 102:25-27}

13 But to which of the angels did he ever say,Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42; Heb 10:3, 12

“Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ^{▼▼Ps 110:1}

14 All of them are spirits on a divine mission, sent to serve those who are about to inherit salvation, aren't they?Gen 19:16; Ps 34:7; 91:11; 103:20-21; Dan 3:28; 7:10; 10:11; Matt 18:10; Luke 1:19; Acts 12:7; 27:23; Rom 8:17; Titus 3:7; James 2:5; 1Pet 3:7