25THE GRACE OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST [BE] WITH THE SPIRIT OF YOU. AMEN. TO TO PHILEMON IT WAS WRITTEN FROM ROME THROUGH ONESIMUS SERVANT. 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.*NoteCloseBYZ and TR include Amen.
1IN MANY PORTIONS AND IN MANY WAYS LONG AGO <THE> GOD HAVING SPOKEN TO THE FATHERS IN THE PROPHETS The Supremacy of the Son (Colossians 1:15–23) 1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
2IN [THIS] LAST OF THE DAYS THESE HAS SPOKEN TO US IN [HIS] SON WHOM HE APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, THROUGH WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE AGES 2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son,*NoteCloseOr in His Son whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.*NoteCloseOr the world; literally the ages
3WHO BEING [THE] RADIANCE <THE> OF [HIS] GLORY AND [THE] EXACT EXPRESSION OF THE SUBSTANCE OF HIM, UPHOLDING THEN <THE> ALL THINGS BY THE DECLARATION OF THE POWER OF HIM THROUGH HIMSELF [THE] PURIFICATION <THE> OF SINS HAVING MADE OF US SAT DOWN AT [THE] RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH 3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
4BY SO MUCH SUPERIOR HAVING BECOME TO THE ANGELS, AS MUCH AS MORE EXCELLENT BEYOND THEIRS HE HAS INHERITED A NAME. 4So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
5TO WHICH FOR DID HE SAY EVER OF THE ANGELS: SON OF MINE ARE YOU YOURSELF, I MYSELF TODAY HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU? AND AGAIN: I MYSELF WILL BE TO HIM FOR A FATHER, AND HE HIMSELF WILL BE TO ME FOR A SON? 5For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father*NoteClosePsalm 2:7; literally today I have begotten You? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”*NoteClose2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13?
6WHEN THEN AGAIN HE MAY BRING THE FIRSTBORN INTO THE WORLD HE SAYS: AND SHOULD WORSHIP HIM ALL [THE] ANGELS OF GOD. 6And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”*NoteCloseDeuteronomy 32:43 (see DSS and LXX)
7AND AS TO INDEED THE ANGELS HE SAYS: THE [ONE] MAKING THE ANGELS OF HIM WINDS AND THE MINISTERS OF HIM OF FIRE A FLAME; 7Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”*NoteClosePsalm 104:4 (see also LXX)
8UNTO HOWEVER THE SON: THE THRONE OF YOU, O GOD [IS] TO THE AGE OF THE AGE; AND THE SCEPTER <THE> OF RIGHTEOUSNESS [IS] SCEPTER OF THE KINGDOM OF YOU. 8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED WICKEDNESS. BECAUSE OF THIS HAS ANOINTED YOU <THE> GOD, THE GOD OF YOU, WITH [THE] OIL OF EXULTATION ABOVE THE COMPANIONS OF YOU. 9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”*NoteClosePsalm 45:6–7
10AND YOU YOURSELF IN [THE] BEGINNING, LORD, OF THE EARTH LAID THE FOUNDATION, AND WORKS OF THE HANDS OF YOU ARE THE HEAVENS; 10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
11THEY THEMSELVES WILL PERISH, YOU YOURSELF HOWEVER REMAIN; AND ALL LIKE A GARMENT WILL GROW OLD, 11They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
12AND LIKE A ROBE YOU WILL ROLL UP THEM LIKE A GARMENT ALSO THEY WILL BE CHANGED; YOU YOURSELF HOWEVER THE SAME ARE, AND THE YEARS OF YOU NOT WILL NEVER END. 12You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment*NoteCloseBYZ and TR do not include like a garment. they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”*NoteClosePsalm 102:25–27
13TO WHICH NOW OF THE ANGELS HAS HE SAID EVER: DO SIT AT [THE] RIGHT HAND OF ME UNTIL WHEN I MAY PLACE THE ENEMIES OF YOU [AS] A FOOTSTOOL FOR THE FEET OF YOU? 13Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”*NoteClosePsalm 110:1?
14SURELY ALL THEY ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS FOR SERVICE BEING SENT FORTH FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE BEING ABOUT TO INHERIT SALVATION? 14Are not the angels*NoteCloseLiterally Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?