The Supremacy of the Son (Colossians 1:15–23)
3 UDB God's Son is the light of God's powerful brilliance. He shows exactly what God is truly like. All things that exist—he keeps them existing by giving powerful commands. After he had acted so that God could forgive our sins, he rose into heaven and sat down at the highest place of honor, at the right side of God the Father, where he rules with him. BSB 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.
4 UDB God has made his Son to be so much more important than the angels that he has far more honor and authority than they do. BSB BSB: So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
5 UDB In the scriptures no one ever reported that God said to any angel what he said to his Son: "You are my Son! Today I have declared to all that I am your Father!" And he never said about any angel what he said in another scripture passage about his Son: "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son." BSB BSB: 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”?
6 UDB When God brought his honored Son, his only Son, into the world, he commanded: "All my angels must worship him." BSB BSB: And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
7 UDB And in the scriptures it is written about the angels: "God has made his angels to be spirits, and his ministers who serve him to be like flames of fire." BSB BSB: Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
8 UDB But in the scriptures, it is also written about God's Son: "You who are God will rule forever, and you will reign justly over your kingdom. BSB BSB: But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9 UDB You have loved people's righteous deeds and you have hated people's sinful deeds. Therefore God, your God, has caused you to be more joyful than anyone else. BSB BSB: You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
10 UDB We also know that his Son is superior to angels because in the scriptures it is written about God's Son, "Lord, it was you who created the earth in the beginning. You also made the rest of the universe, the stars and everything in the sky. BSB BSB: And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
11 UDB Those things will no longer exist, but you will keep on living forever. They will wear out as clothing wears out. BSB BSB: They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
12 UDB You will roll them up as if they were old clothes. Then you will change all that is in the universe for something new, like someone putting on new clothes. But you stay the same, and you live forever!" BSB BSB: You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
13 UDB God has never said to any angel what he said to his Son: "Sit in the most important place next to me and rule with me while I defeat all of your enemies for you to rule over them!" BSB BSB: Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
14 UDB The angels are only spirits whom God has sent out to serve and care for believers whom God will soon save completely, as he has promised to do for them. BSB BSB: Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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