Hebrews 1:5

For to which of the angels did God ever say, 1 “You are my son, 1 today I have become your father”? 1 Or to which of the angels did God ever say, 1 “I will be a father to him, 1 and he will be a son to me”?

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For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

In Context

4He has become just as superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than their name.

6But again, when God brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “All God's angels must worship him.”

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:13I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. I will not take my covenant faithfulness away from him, as I took it from Saul, who ruled before you.

1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, 'Solomon your son will build my house and my courtyards, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, 'You are my Father, 1 my God, and the rock of my salvation.' 1

Hebrews 5:5In the same way, neither did Christ honor himself by making himself high priest. Instead, the one speaking to him said, 1 “You are my Son; 1 today I have become your Father.”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 1:5-14

The Dignity of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a… Read the whole commentary →

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