UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER

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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners 

spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, 

whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom 

also he made the worlds;  Who being the brightness 

of his glory, and the express image of his person, 

and upholding all things by the word of his power, 

when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down 

on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Being made so much better than the angels, 

as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent 

name than they.  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?  And again, when he 

bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, 

And let all the angels of God worship him.

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels 

spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, 

is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness 

is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved 

righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, 

even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of 

gladness above thy fellows. and, Thou, Lord, in the 

beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; 

and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they 

all shall wax old as doth a garment;

And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and 

they shall be changed: but thou art the same, 

and thy years shall not fail.  But to which of the 

angels said he at any time, Sit on my right 

hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 

minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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