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Chapter 1
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Although God in many parts and in many ways spoke formerly to the fathers in the prophets,
in these last days he spoke to us in a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
who, being the effulgence of his glory and the very imprint of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty in high places;
having become by so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.
For to which of the angels did he ever say, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you." And again, "I will be his father and he himself will be a Son to me."
And again when he leads his firstborn into the inhabited world, he says, "And let all the angels of God worship him."
And on the one hand, he says to the angels, "He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire."
But to the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever and the rod of straightness is the rod of your kingdom.
You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason God, your God, anointed you with oil of rejoicing among your companions"
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and "You, O Lord, founded the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands.
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They themselves will perish, but you will endure. And they all will become old like a garment,
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and as a wrap you will roll them up, as a garment also they will be changed. But you are the same and your years will not end."
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But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit on my right hand until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet"?
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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent for service to those about to inherit salvation?
Chapter 2
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For this reason it is all the more necessary for us to hold fast to the things we have heard so that we do not drift away.
For if the word spoken through angels was solid and every transgression and act of disobedience received a just punishment,
how will we escape if we ignore such a great salvation that had its beginning through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him?
God corroborated their witness with both signs and various wonders and dispensations of Holy Spirit according to his will.
For he did not subject the coming inhabited world to angels, the world concerning which we speak.
But someone somewhere witnessed saying, "What is a human that you remember him or the son of a human that you look on him?
You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
You subjected all things under his feet." For when he subjected all things to him, he left nothing un-subjected to him.
But we do not yet see all things subjected to him. But we see the one made a little lower than the angels--Jesus--who has been crowned with glory and honor because of suffering death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
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For it was fitting for him, for whom all things exist and through whom all things exist, in leading many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings.
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