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5 God did not choose angels to be the rulers of the new world that was coming, which is what we have been talking about.
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It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
6 It is written in the Scriptures, "Why are people important to you? Why do you take care of human beings?
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But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
7 You made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You put all things under their control."
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You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor
8 When God put everything under their control, there was nothing left that they did not rule. Still, we do not yet see them ruling over everything.
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and put everything under their feet.”In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
9 But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God's grace, he died for everyone.
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But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
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