Chapter 1

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets,

last of all in these days has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world,

who, being the brightness of his glory and the image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, has effected man's purgation from sin and taken his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

having become so much superior to the angels as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.

For to which of the angels has he ever said, "Thou art my son, I this day have begotten thee"? and again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?

And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "And let all the angels of God adore him."

And of the angels indeed he says, "He makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire."

But of the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

And, "Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands.

They shall perish, but thou shalt continue; And they shall all grow old as does a garment,

and as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."

Now to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, until I make thy enemies the footstool of thy feet"?

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent for service, for the sake of those who shall inherit salvation?