[0] All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in
the faith. Grace be with you all. [1] In many and various ways God spoke
of old to our fathers by the prophets; [2] but in these last days he has
spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through
whom also he created the world. [3] He reflects the glory of God and bears
the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power.
When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty on high, [4] having become as much superior to angels as the
name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs. [5] For to what angel
did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again,
"I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"? [6] And again,
when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's
angels worship him." [7] Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels
winds, and his servants flames of fire." [8] But of the Son he says, "Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter
of thy kingdom. [9] Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond
thy comrades." [10] And, "Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the
beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands; [11] they will
perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment, [12]
like a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou
art the same, and thy years will never end." [13] But to what angel has he
ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy
feet"? [14] Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for
the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?
