1 Long ago, in many portions and in many fashions, God spoke to the fathers through the prophets; he has in these last days spoken to us by his Son,
2 whom he made heir of everything, and through whom he also created the ages.
3 He, being the brightness of his glory and the stamp of his very essence, and bearing up all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished the cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the heights,
4 and he has become greater than the angels by as much as the name he has received as his inheritance surpasses theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did he ever say, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you"? And again, "I will be a Father to him, and he will be a Son to me"?
6 And again, when he leads the firstborn into the inhabited world, he says, "And let all God's angels bow down before him."
7 Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire."
8 But to the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, stands forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.
9 You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; that is why God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy beyond your fellows."
10 And, "In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are what your hands have made.
11 They will be destroyed, but you endure; all of them will grow old like a garment,
12 You will fold them up like a mantle, and they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will never run out."
13 To which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet as a footstool"?
14 Are they not all spirits in holy service, sent out to minister for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?