Hebrews 1:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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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 age, but also in that which is to come.
  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those 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 give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
  • Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
  • Heb 1:9 : 9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."
  • Rev 5:11-12 : 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!"
  • Col 2:10 : 10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
  • Ps 2:7-8 : 7 I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father. 8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
  • Col 1:18 : 18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 1:5-9
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    5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"

    6 Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him."

    7 Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire."

    8 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

    9 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows."

  • Heb 1:2-3
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    2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

    3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Heb 1:13-14
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    13 But which of the angels has he told at any time, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?"

    14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

  • Heb 2:7-11
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    7 You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.

    8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don't see all things subjected to him, yet.

    9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.

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

    11 For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

  • Ps 8:5
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    5 For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

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

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

  • Heb 2:5
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    5 For he didn't subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.

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

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

    9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

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

  • Heb 2:16-17
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    16 For most certainly, he doesn't give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.

    17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 7:22
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    22 By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

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

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

  • Heb 8:1
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    1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main 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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    14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

  • Heb 5:5
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    5 So also Christ didn't glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your father."

  • 2 Pet 1:17
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    17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

  • Heb 7:7
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    7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

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

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

  • Heb 7:3
    68%

    3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

  • Heb 3:1
    68%

    1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

  • Heb 3:3
    67%

    3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.

  • Heb 10:14
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    14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

  • Heb 7:20
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    20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

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

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

  • Heb 2:14
    67%

    14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

  • Phil 2:6
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    6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

  • Heb 9:11
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    11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, 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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    11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

  • John 1:12
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    12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

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

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,