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11 WHEN IN FORMER TIMES God spoke to our forefathers, he spoke in fragmentary and varied fashion through the prophets. 2 But in this the final age he has spoken to us in the Son whom he has made heir to the whole universe, and 3 through whom he created all orders of existence: the Son who is the effulgence of God's splendour and the stamp of God's very being, and sustains the universe by his word of power. When he had brought about the purgation of sins, he took his seat at the right hand of Majesty on high, 4 raised as far above the angels, as the title he has inherited is superior to theirs.
5 For God never said to any angel, 'Thou art my Son; today I have begotten thee', or again, 'I will be father to him, and he shall be my son.' 6 Again, when he presents the first-born to the world, he says, 'Let all the angels of God pay him homage.' 7 Of the angels he says,
21 Thus we are bound to pay all the more heed to what we have been told, for fear of drifting from our course. 2 For if the word spoken through angels had such force that any transgression or disobedience met with due retribution, 3 what escape can there be for us if we ignore a deliverance so great? For this deliverance was first announced through the lips of the Lord himself; those who heard him confirmed it to us, 4 and God added his testimony by signs, by miracles, by manifold works of power, and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit at his own will.
5 For it is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, which is our theme. 6 But there is somewhere a solemn assurance which runs:
10 It was clearly fitting that God for whom and through whom all things exist should, in bringing many sons to glory, make the leader who delivers them perfect through sufferings. 11 For a consecrating priest and those whom he consecrates are all of one stock, and that is why the Son does not shrink from calling men his brothers, 12 when he says, 'I will proclaim thy name to my brothers; in full assembly I will sing thy praise'; 13 and again, 'I will keep my trust fixed on him'; and again, 'Here am I, and the children whom God has given me.' 14 The children of a family share the same flesh and blood; and so he too shared ours, so that through death he might break the power of him who had death at his command, that is, the devil; 15 and might liberate those who, through fear of death, had all their lifetime been in servitude. 16 It is not angels, mark you, that he takes to himself, but the sons of Abraham. 17 And therefore he had to be made like these brothers of his in every way, so that he might be merciful and faithful as their high priest before God, to expiate the sins of the people. 18 For since he himself has passed through the test of suffering, he is able to help those who are meeting their test now.