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Hebrews 1:14
ESV Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
NIV Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
NASB Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to provide service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
CSB Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?
NLT Therefore, angels are only servants — spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.
KJV Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

What does Hebrews 1:14 mean?

Verse 13 made it clear that God has never said words like those quoted from Psalm 110:1 to any angel. Rather, the Bible consistently portrays angels as servants. They are not shown as authority figures, but merely as obeying the will of God under His direction (Judges 6:11–18; Psalm 103:20; Daniel 6:22). This is important for the point the writer of Hebrews is making in this passage. God is not giving rule and authority to angels, but to Christ.

Chapters 1 and 2 are mostly a collection of Old Testament Scriptures, meant to prove that Jesus is a higher authority than any angel. God once spoke to man through prophets (Hebrews 1:1), and now He is speaking through Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:2). As a result, the readers of this letter ought to listen to the message of Jesus just as intently as they would the Old Testament message of God. The first verses of chapter 2 are, in fact, the first of several warnings in Hebrews about the consequences of rejecting this message.

These verses all combine to prove that Jesus is unchanging, eternal, and full of authority. He is not a created being—He is identical to God.
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