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For a short time you made him lower than the angels.
    You crowned him with glory and honor.
You put everything under his control.[a](A)

If God put everything under his control, then there was nothing left that he did not rule. But we don’t yet see him ruling over everything. For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace, Jesus died for everyone.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:8 control Literally, “feet.”

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