1. That is why we must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away.
2. The message given to our ancestors by the angels was shown to be true, and all who did not follow it or obey it received the punishment they deserved.
3. How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.
4. At the same time God added his witness to theirs by performing all kinds of miracles and wonders and by distributing the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will.
5. God has not placed the angels as rulers over the new world to come — the world of which we speak.
6. Instead, as it is said somewhere in the Scriptures:“What are human beings, O God, that you should think of them;mere human beings, that you should care for them?
7. You made them for a little while lower than the angels;you crowned them with glory and honour,
8. and made them rulers over all things.”It says that God made them “rulers over all things”; this clearly includes everything. We do not, however, see human beings ruling over all things now.
9. But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that through God's grace he should die for everyone. We see him now crowned with glory and honour because of the death he suffered.