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He, being the brightness of the glory and the engraved form of His person and bearing up all things by His mighty word, has purged our sins through Himself. And He sits at the right hand of the Majesty in the Highest Places.

And He is made so much more excellent than the angels, inasmuch as He has obtained a more excellent Name than they.

For to which of the angels has He said at any time, “You are My Son. This day I begat You.”? And again, “I will be His Father, and He shall be My Son.”?

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The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(A) and the exact representation of his being,(B) sustaining all things(C) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(D) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(E) So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.(F)

The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father”[a]?(G)

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son”[b]?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13