³Who being the brightness of his glory and the figure of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high:

⁴Being made so much better than the angels as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

⁵For to which of the angels hath he said at any time: Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee? And again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

⁶And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith: And let all the angels of God adore him.

⁷And to the angels indeed he saith: He that maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire.

⁸But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁹Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

¹⁰And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens.

¹¹They shall perish: but thou shalt continue: and they shall all grow old as a garment.

¹²And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalt be changed. But thou art the selfsame: and thy years shall not fail.

¹³But to which of the angels said he at any time: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?

¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

Chapter 2

Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard lest perhaps we should let them slip.

²For if the word spoken by angels became steadfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward:

³How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

⁴God also bearing them witness by signs and wonders and divers miracles and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

⁵For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof we speak.

⁶But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁷Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy hands.

⁸Thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in that he hath subjected all things to him he left nothing not subject to him. But now we see not as yet all things subject to him.

⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all.

¹⁰For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.

¹¹For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:

¹²I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.

¹³And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my children, whom God hath given me.

¹⁴Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:

¹⁵And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.

¹⁶For nowhere doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

¹⁷Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸For in that wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted he is able to succour them also that are tempted.

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