Hebrews 1:3

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¹ On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

² But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

The 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.

⁴ So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.

⁵ For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: The 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.
KJV: 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;
WEB: His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
ASV: who 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;
DARBY: who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
BLB: who, being the radiance of [His] glory and the exact imprint of His substance and bearing all things by the word of power—through His having made purification of sins—sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

ÅB: han som er avglansen av hans herlighet og avbildet av hans vesen og bærer alle ting ved sin krafts ord, og som derfor, da han hadde gjort renselse for våre synder, satte seg ved Majestetens høyre hånd i det høye,
OTB: Sønnen er stråleglansen av Guds herlighet og det nøyaktige bildet av Hans vesen, som bærer alle ting ved sitt mektige ord. Etter at Han hadde renset for synder, satte Han seg ved Majestetens høyre hånd i det høye.
B1930: han som er avglansen av hans herlighet og avbilledet av hans vesen og bærer alle ting ved sin krafts ord, og som derfor, da han hadde gjort renselse for våre synder, satte sig ved Majestetens høire hånd i det høie,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Colossians 1:15–17
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
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Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
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John 14:9–10
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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Hebrews 10:12
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
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John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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