| 1:1 | After God spoke long ago* in various portions* and in various ways* to our ancestors* through the prophets, |
| 1:2 | in these last days he has spoken to us in a son,* whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.* |
| 1:3 | The Son is* the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word,* and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.* |
| 1:4 | Thus he became* so far better than the angels as* he has inherited a name superior to theirs. |
| 1:5 | For to which of the angels did God* ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”?* And in another place* he says,* “I will be his father and he will be my son.”* |
| 1:6 | But when he again brings* his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”* |
| 1:7 | And he says* of the angels, “He makes* his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”* |
| 1:8 | but of* the Son he says,* “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,* and a righteous scepter* is the scepter of your kingdom. |
| 1:9 | You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions* with the oil of rejoicing.”* |
| 1:10 | And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord,* and the heavens are the works of your hands. |
| 1:11 | They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, |
| 1:12 | and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment* they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”* |
| 1:13 | But to which of the angels* has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?* |
| 1:14 | Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those* who will inherit salvation? |
Hebrews 1 - NET Bible [draft]
