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| | In many ways and at many times in the past, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets, but in these the Last Days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom He determined to be the inheritor of everything, the Son, by whom He made the worlds,the Son, who is the very brightness of His Glory, and the very image of His Person, and the bearer of all things, carrying them by the Word of his power. When He, the Son, had Himself accomplished a cleansing of our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Greatness on High. | | In many ways and at many times in the past, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets, but in these the Last Days He has spoken to us through His Son, whom He determined to be the inheritor of everything, the Son, by whom He made the worlds,the Son, who is the very brightness of His Glory, and the very image of His Person, and the bearer of all things, carrying them by the Word of his power. When He, the Son, had Himself accomplished a cleansing of our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Greatness on High. |
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| | + | This One, then, is to be considered inestimably better than angels having been bequeathed a title more excellent than they. Did He say, at any time, to an angel, "You are My Son, today I have become your father", or "I will be his Father and he shall be My Son," or, as happened when He brought the Firstborn into the world, "Let all the angels of God worship Him"? |
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| | + | But, rather, of angels, He says, "He makes His angles spirits, and His servants a flaming fire." But to the Son, He says, "Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever, a scepter of righteousness, the scepter of Your Kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason, God, Your God, has anointed You from among all your companions with the oil of joy." |
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| − | |<span id="1:4"></span> Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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| − | |<span id="1:5"></span> For unto which of the angels said he at any time, 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?
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| − | |Did He say, at any time, to an angel, "You are My Son, today I have become your father", or "I will be his Father and he shall be My Son,"
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| − | |<span id="1:6"></span> And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
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| − | |<span id="1:7"></span> And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
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| − | |But, rather, of angels, He says, "He makes His angles spirits, and His servants a flaming fire."
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| − | |<span id="1:8"></span> But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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| − | |But to the Son, He says, "Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever, a scepter of righteousness, the scepter of Your Kingdom.
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| − | |<span id="1:9"></span> Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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| − | |You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason, God, Your God, has anointed You from among all your companions with the oil of joy."
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| − | |<span id="1:10"></span><span id="1:10-11"></span>And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands
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| − | |And, "You, Lord, in the beginning of all, set down earth's foundations. The universe is the work of Your hands.
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| | |οὐρανός is best translated as "universe" here, rather than "heavens"; "universe" today has the meaning of the now-archaic term "heavens" of many centuries ago. [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] is helpful in ascertaining the original meaning. | | |οὐρανός is best translated as "universe" here, rather than "heavens"; "universe" today has the meaning of the now-archaic term "heavens" of many centuries ago. [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] is helpful in ascertaining the original meaning. |
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