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Hebrews 1:3-5
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3 The Son shows us completely what God is like. He shines with God's great glory. His nature is the same as God's nature. The Son's powerful word causes everything to continue. He himself made it possible for us to be clean from our sins. After he had done that, he returned to heaven. He went and he sat at the right side of God, who rules with all authority.[a]

God's Son is greater than the angels

4 That shows us that God's Son is much greater than the angels. God has given him a name that shows he is more important than they are. 5 God never said this to any angel:

‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.’[b]

In another place in the Bible, God says,

‘I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 After Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, he rose up and went to sit ‘at the right side of God’. The right side is the most important place. This means that Jesus rules with the same power and authority as God himself.
  2. 1:5 See Psalms 2:7.
  3. 1:5 See 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13.
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Hebrews 1:3-5
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3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(A) and the exact representation of his being,(B) sustaining all things(C) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(D) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(E) 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.(F)

The Son Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father”[a]?(G)

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son”[b]?(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
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