Hebrews 1:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 And again, when he leads[a] the first-born into the world, he says:
“Let all the angels of God worship him.”(A)
7 Of the angels he says:
“He makes his angels winds
and his ministers a fiery flame”;(B)
8 but of the Son:
“Your throne, O God,[b] stands forever and ever;
and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.(C)
Footnotes
- 1:6 And again, when he leads: the Greek could also be translated “And when he again leads” in reference to the parousia.
- 1:8–12 O God: the application of the name “God” to the Son derives from the preexistence mentioned in Hb 1:2–3; the psalmist had already used it of the Hebrew king in the court style of the original. See note on Ps 45:7. It is also important for the author’s christology that in Hb 1:10–12 an Old Testament passage addressed to God is redirected to Jesus.
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