{
    "translation": "Weymouth NT",
    "abbreviation": "weymouth",
    "lang": "en",
    "language": "English",
    "direction": "LTR",
    "encoding": "",
    "book_nr": 58,
    "book_name": "Hebrews",
    "chapter": 1,
    "name": "Hebrews 1",
    "verses": [
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 1,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:1",
            "text": "God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct messages and by various methods through the Prophets,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 2,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:2",
            "text": "has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 3,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:3",
            "text": "He brightly reflects God's glory and is the exact representation of His being, and upholds the universe by His all-powerful word. After securing man's purification from sin He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 4,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:4",
            "text": "having become as far superior to the angels as the Name He possesses by inheritance is more excellent than theirs."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 5,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:5",
            "text": "For to which of the angels did God ever say, <FO>\"My Son art Thou: I have this day become Thy Father;\"<Fo> and again, <FO>\"I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be My Son\"?<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 6,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:6",
            "text": "But speaking of the time when He once more brings His Firstborn into the world, He says, <FO>\"And let all God's angels worship Him.\"<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 7,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:7",
            "text": "Moreover of the angels He says, <FO>\"He changes His angels into winds, and His ministering servants into a flame of fire.\"<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 8,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:8",
            "text": "But of His Son, He says, <FO>\"Thy throne, O God, is for ever and for ever, and the sceptre of Thy Kingdom is a sceptre of absolute justice."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 9,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:9",
            "text": "Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee with the oil of gladness beyond Thy companions.\"<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 10,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:10",
            "text": "It is also of His Son that God says, <FO>\"Thou, O Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands."
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 11,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:11",
            "text": "The heavens will perish, but Thou remainest; and they will all grow old like a garment,"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 12,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:12",
            "text": "and, as though they were a mantle Thou wilt roll them up; yes, like a garment, and they will undergo change. But Thou art the same, and Thy years will never come to an end.\"<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 13,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:13",
            "text": "To which of the angels has He ever said, <FO>\"Sit at My right hand till I make Thy foes a footstool for Thy feet\"?<Fo>"
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 14,
            "name": "Hebrews 1:14",
            "text": "Are not all angels spirits that serve Him--whom He sends out to render service for the benefit of those who, before long, will inherit salvation?"
        }
    ]
}