1:1 God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets little by little and in many ways in times past.

1:2 But in these last days he spoke to us through his Son, who has been named heir of everything, and through whom he made the ages.

1:3 He is the radiance of God’s majesty and the exact likeness of his core being, besides holding everything up by his powerful pronouncement. After cleaning away failures, he was seated at the right hand of the Highest Majesty,

1:4 making him far above the Messengers and inheriting a superior Name.

1:5 After all, when did he ever say to a Messenger, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father,” or, “I will be his Father and he will be my Son”?

1:6 And when he brings his firstborn into his earthly home, he says, “Let all God’s Messengers worship him!”

1:7 In fact, about the Messengers he says, “He makes his Messengers spirits and his officers flames of fire.”

1:8 But about the Son: “God, your throne is eternal and the scepter of your kingdom is righteousness.

1:9 “You loved justice and hated lawlessness, and for that reason your God anointed you with the oil of great joy, far beyond your peers.

1:10 “You laid down the foundations of the earth in the beginning, Master, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

1:11 They will be destroyed but you remain, and everything will wear out like an old coat.

1:12 “Yes, you will roll them up like clothing, and change them like a coat. Yet you are constant, and your years will never run out.”

1:13 Now to which of the Messengers has he ever declared, “Sit at my right till I make your enemies your footstool”?

1:14 Are they not all spiritual officials who are commissioned to serve those who are about to inherit salvation?