Hebrews 1:4

American Standard Version (1901)

having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

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  • Eph 1:21 : 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name; 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man] .
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Heb 1:9 : 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Rev 5:11-12 : 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.
  • Col 2:10 : 10 and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
  • Ps 2:7-8 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
  • Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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    5For 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?

    6And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

    7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire:

    8but of the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

    9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  • Heb 1:2-3
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    2hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

    3who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Heb 1:13-14
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    13But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?

    14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

  • Heb 2:7-11
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    7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

    8Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

    9But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man] .

    10For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

    11For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

  • Ps 8:5
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    5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

  • Heb 8:6
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    6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

  • Phil 2:9
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    9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;

  • Heb 2:5
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    5For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.

  • Heb 5:7-10
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    7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, [

    8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

    9and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

    10named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 2:16-17
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    16For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

    17Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 7:22
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    22by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

  • Heb 2:2
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    2For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

  • 1 Pet 3:22
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    22who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  • Heb 8:1
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    1Now in the things which we are saying the chief point [is this] : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

  • Heb 5:5
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    5So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

  • 2 Pet 1:17
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    17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:

  • Heb 7:7
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    7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

  • Heb 11:40
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    40God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

  • Heb 7:26
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    26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Heb 7:3
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    3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.

  • Heb 3:1
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    1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, [even] Jesus;

  • Heb 3:3
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    3For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.

  • Heb 10:14
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    14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

  • Heb 7:20
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    20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath

  • Heb 6:20
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    20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Col 1:15
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    15who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

  • Heb 2:14
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    14Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

  • Phil 2:6
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    6who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

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    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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    11But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

  • 2 Pet 2:11
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    11whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

  • John 1:12
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    12But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

  • Eph 1:21
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    21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [appointeth] a Son, perfected for evermore.

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    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: