Hebrews 1:5-7

Contemporary English Version

God's Son Is Greater than Angels

⁵^(A) God has never said
    to any of the angels,
“You are my Son, because today
    I have become your Father!”
Neither has God said
    to any of them,
“I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son!”

⁶^(B) When God brings his first-born Son^[a] into the world, he commands all of his angels to worship him.

⁷^(C) And when God speaks about the angels, he says,

“I change my angels into wind
and my servants
into flaming fire.”

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Footnotes

1.6 first-born Son: The first son born into a family had certain privileges that the other children did not have. In 12.23 (see note) “first-born” refers to God's special people.