So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

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]?

Or again,

‘I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son’[b]?

And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,

‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
  3. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)