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8but of the Son:
“Your throne, O God,* stands forever and ever;
and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.g
9You loved justice and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, anointed you
with the oil of gladness above your companions”;
10and:
“At the beginning, O Lord, you established the earth,h and the heavens are the works of your hands.
11They will perish, but you remain;
and they will all grow old like a garment.
12You will roll them up like a cloak,
and like a garment they will be changed.
But you are the same, and your years will have no end.” 13But to which of the angels has he ever said:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool”?i
14Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?j
2Exhortation to Faithfulness.*
1Therefore, we must attend all the more to what we have
heard, so that we may not be carried away. For if the word announced through angels proved rm, and every transgression and disobedience received its just recompense,a 3how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? Announced originally through the Lord, it was con rmed for us by those who had heard.b 4God added his testimony by signs, wonders, various acts of power, and distribution of the gifts of the holy Spirit according to his will.c
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2:2
The Law handed on
to Moses is “the word announced through angels.” Since Christ is higher than the angels, the word he announces is higher also.
CHAPTER 1
g. [1:8] Ps 45:7–8.
h. [1:10–12] Ps 102:26–28.
i. [1:13] Ps 110:1.
j. [1:14] Ps 91:11; Dn 7:10.
CHAPTER 2
a. [2:2] Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19.
b. [2:3] 10:29; 12:25.
c. [2:4] Mk 16:20; Acts 14:3; 19:11.
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* [1:8–12] O God: the application of the name “God” to the Son derives from the preexistence mentioned in Heb 1:2–3; the psalmist had already used it of the Hebrew king in the court style of the original. See note on Ps 45:7. It is also important for the author’s christology that in Heb 1:10–12 an Old Testament passage addressed to God is redirected to Jesus.
* [2:1–4] The author now makes a transition into exhortation, using an a fortiori argument (as at Heb 7:21–22; 9:13–14; 10:28–29; 12:25). The word announced through angels (Heb 2:2), the Mosaic law, is contrasted with the more powerful word that Christians have received (Heb 2:3–4). Christ’s supremacy strengthens Christians against being carried away from their faith.