7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
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For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb. 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak . I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one—That the state of the gospel-church…
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