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[1]IN many ways, and many forms, God anciently conversed with our fathers, by the prophets:
[2]But in these latter days, he hath conversed with us, by his Son; whom he hath constituted heir of all things, and by whom he made the worlds ;
[3]who is the splendor of his glory, and the image of himself, and upholdeth all by the energy of his word; and by himself he made a purgation of sins, and sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
[4]And he is altogether superior to the angels, as he hath also inherited a name which excelleth theirs.
[5]For to which of the angels did God ever say, 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 bringing the first begotten into the world, he said: Let all the angels of God worship him.
[7]But of the angels he thus said: Who made his angels a wind, and his ministers a flaming fire.
[8]But of the Son he said: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a righteous sceptre is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
[9]Thou hast loved rectitude, and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness more than thy associates.
[10]And again, Thou hast from the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
[11]they will pass away, but thou endurest; and they all, like a robe, wax old;
[12]and like a cloak, thou wilt fold them up. They will be changed; but thou wilt be as thou art, and thy years will not be finished.
[13]And to which of the angels did he ever say : Sit thou at my right hand, until I shall place thy enemies a footstool under thy feet?
[14]Are they not all spirits of ministration, who are sent to minister on account of them that are to inherit life?
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