< Hebrews 1 >
1 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets,
2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. (aiōn )
hath at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds, (aiōn )
3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
who being a brightness from his glory and an image of his being, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
having become so much superior to the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
For to which of the angels did he ever say: “Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee?” and again: “I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?”
6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
And again, when he hath brought in the first-begotten into the world, he saith: “And let all the angels of God pay him homage.”
7 Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
And of the angels he saith: “Who maketh his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire;”
8 But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. (aiōn )
but of the Son: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; and the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. (aiōn )
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Thou lovedst righteousness, and hatedst iniquity; therefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
10 And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
And: “Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst found the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
11 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
They will perish, but thou remainest; and they will all become old as doth a garment,
12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
and thou wilt fold them up as a vesture, and they will be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years will not fail.”
13 Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
But to which of the angels hath he ever said: “Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?”
14 Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?