^{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.

^{5 Ref} For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'

^{6 Ref} and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'

^{7 Ref} and unto the messengers, indeed, He saith, `Who is making His messengers spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire;'

^{8 Ref} and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, `is' to the age of the age; a scepter of righteousness `is' the scepter of thy reign;

^{9 Ref} thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee -- God, thy God -- with oil of gladness above thy partners;'