^{1 Ref} In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

^{2 Ref} in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

^{3 Ref} who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

^{4 Ref} having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

^{1 Ref} God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

^{2 Ref} hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in `his' Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

^{3 Ref} who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

^{4 Ref} having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.