The Son Is Superior to Angels

1:5 For to which of the angels did God12 ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”?13 And in another place14 he says,15 “I will be his father and he will be my son.”16 1:6 But when he again brings17 his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”18 1:7 And he says19 of the angels, “He makes20 his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”21 1:8 but of22 the Son he says,23

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,24

and a righteous scepter25 is the scepter of your kingdom.

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions26 with the oil of rejoicing.”27

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord,28

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 garment29 they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.”30

1:13 But to which of the angels31 has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?32 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those33 who will inherit salvation?