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To which of the angels has He ever said, "Sit at My right hand till I make Thy foes a footstool for Thy feet"?

Are not all angels spirits that serve Him--whom He sends out to render service for the benefit of those who, before long, will inherit salvation?

For this reason we ought to pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away from them.

For if the message delivered through angels proved to be true, and every transgression and act of disobedience met with just retribution,

Thou hast put everything in subjection under his feet." For this subjecting of the universe to man implies the leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not as yet see the universe subject to him.

But Jesus--who was made a little inferior to the angels in order that through God's grace He might taste death for every human being--we already see wearing a crown of glory and honour because of His having suffered death.

For it was fitting that He for whom, and through whom, all things exist, after He had brought many sons to glory, should perfect by suffering the Prince Leader who had saved them.

For both He who sanctifies and those whom He is sanctifying have all one Father; and for this reason He is not ashamed to speak of them as His brothers;

and again, "As for Me, I will be one whose trust reposes in God;" and again, "Here am I, and here are the children God has given Me."

For assuredly it is not to angels that He is continually reaching a helping hand, but it is to the descendants of Abraham.

And for this purpose it was necessary that in all respects He should be made to resemble His brothers, so that He might become a compassionate and faithful High Priest in things relating to God, in order to atone for the sins of the people.

For inasmuch as He has Himself felt the pain of temptation and trial, He is also able instantly to help those who are tempted and tried.

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, in so far as he who has built a house has higher honour than the house itself.

For every house has had a builder, and the builder of all things is God.

For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,

For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End;

For who were they that heard, and yet provoked God? Was it not the whole of the people who had come out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

And with whom was God so greatly grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, and whose dead bodies fell in the Desert?

For Good News has been brought to us as truly as to them; but the message they heard failed to benefit them, because they were not one in faith with those who gave heed to it.

For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;"