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Hebrews 1:14

Hebrews 1:14 is verse 14 of Hebrews chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Literally Are they not all

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King James Version

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

World English Bible

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

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Hebrews 1:12–14 · Berean Standard Bible

12 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 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 Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Hebrews 8:6

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

Hebrews 10:11

Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Psalms 103:20

Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

Psalms 103:21

Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

Daniel 3:28

Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Matthew 18:10

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Luke 1:19

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Luke 1:23

And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.

Luke 2:9

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Luke 2:13

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

Acts 13:2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:27

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.

2 Corinthians 9:12

For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Philippians 2:25

But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

Job 1:6

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

Psalms 104:4

He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

Isaiah 6:2

Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

Isaiah 6:3

And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

Matthew 13:49

So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,

Matthew 13:50

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

Jude 1:14

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

Genesis 19:15

At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 19:16

But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

Genesis 32:1

Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Genesis 32:2

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:24

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Acts 11:22

When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Psalms 34:7

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

Psalms 91:11

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 91:12

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

Daniel 9:21

while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Daniel 9:22

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

Daniel 10:11

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.

Daniel 10:12

“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

Matthew 1:20

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Matthew 24:31

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Luke 16:22

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

Acts 10:3

One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

Acts 10:4

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

Acts 12:7

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Acts 12:23

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Acts 16:26

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

Acts 27:23

For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

Hebrews 6:12

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Romans 8:17

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Galatians 3:7

Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

Galatians 3:9

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Galatians 3:29

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Ephesians 3:6

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

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