1 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.' 1 ^{6 [ Dt.32.43, Ps.97.7. ]} Again, when he presents the first-born to the world, he says, 'Let all the angels of God pay him homage.' 1 ^{7 [ Ps.104.4. ]} Of the angels he says,

'He who makes his angels winds,
and his ministers a fiery flame'; 1 ^{8 [ Ps.45.6-7. ]} but of the Son,
'Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,
and the sceptre Or: God is thy throne for ever and ever, and thy sceptre ... of justice is the sceptre of his kingdom.

1 ⁹ Thou hast loved right and hated wrong;
therefore, O God, thy God Or: therefore God who is thy God ... has set thee above thy fellows,
by anointing with the oil of exultation.'
1 ^{10 [ Ps.102.25-27. ]} And again,
'By thee. Lord, were earth's foundations laid of old,
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

1 ¹¹ They shall pass away, but thou endurest;
like clothes they shall all grow old;
1 ¹² thou shalt fold them up like a cloak;
yes, they shall be changed like any garment.
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.'

1 ^{13 [ Ps.110.1. ]} To which of the angels has he ever said, 'Sit at my right hand until I make thy enemies thy footstool'? 1 ¹⁴ What are they all but ministrant spirits, sent out to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?


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