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God’s Son Is Superior to the Angels

The Son has become greater than the angels since he has been given a name that is superior to theirs. God never said to any of his angels,

    “You are my Son.
        Today I have become your Father.”

And God never said to any of his angels,

    “I will be his Father,
        and he will be my Son.”

When God was about to send his firstborn Son into the world, he said,

    “All of God’s angels must worship him.”

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So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.(A)

The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did God ever say,

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

Or again,

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

And again, when God brings his firstborn(D) into the world,(E) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[c](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
  3. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)