¹ God, {who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets},

² Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,

whom he hath appointed heir of all things,

by whom also he made the worlds;

³ Who {being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person}, {and upholding all things by the word of his power}, {when he had by himself purged our sins}, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

⁴ Being made so much better than the angels,

as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

⁵ For unto which of the angels said he at any time,

Thou art my Son,

this day have I begotten thee?

And again, I will be to him a Father,

and he shall be to me a Son?

⁶ And again, {when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world}, he saith,

And let all the angels of God worship him.

⁷ And of the angels he saith,

Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

⁸ But unto the Son he saith,

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁹ Thou hast loved righteousness,

and hated iniquity;

therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

¹⁰ And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth;

and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

¹¹ They shall perish;

but thou remainest;

and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

¹² And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up,

and they shall be changed:

but thou art the same,

and thy years shall not fail.

¹³ But to which of the angels said he at any time,

Sit on my right hand,

until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits,

sent forth

to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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