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Hebrews 1:14

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

KJV

οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶν λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν;

Greek NT

Nonne omnes sunt administratorii spiritus, in ministerium missi propter eos, qui hæreditatem capient salutis ?

Vulgate

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

ASV

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διά
dia
preposition · 633×
διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κληρονομέω
kleronomeo
verb · 18×
λειτουργικός
leitourgikos
adjective · 1×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
οὐχί
ouchi
particle · 53×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σωτηρία
soteria
noun · 45×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
o
article · 19778×

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10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§331Christ is the centre of the angelic world. They are his angels: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him. . "191 They belong to him because they were created through and for him: "for in him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities - all things were created th…
1. Paul wishing to show the great kindness of God towards man, and the Love which He had for the human race, after saying: Forasmuch then as the children were partakers of blood and flesh, He also Himself likewise took part of the same Hebrews 2:14— follows up the subject in this passage. For do not regard lightly what is spoken, nor think this merely a slight [matter], His tak…
1. Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also. After declaring that He offered up Himself, and showing Him to be a High Priest,…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
14. But this is not so with things originate and creatures; for when the Father works, it is not that any Angel works, or any other creature; for none of these is an efficient cause , but they are of things which come to be; and moreover being separate and divided from the only God, and other in nature, and being works, they can neither work what God works, nor, as I said befor…
We believe that the Father, when it seemed good to him, created heaven and earth and all other creatures from nothing, by the Word—that is to say, by the Son. God has given all creatures their being, form, and appearance and their various functions for serving their Creator. Even now God also sustains and governs them all, according to his eternal providence and by his infinite…
This good and almighty God created all things, both visible and invisible, by his co-eternal Word, and preserves them by his co-eternal Spirit, as David testified when he said: "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth." All things which God created were very good, and created for the benefit of man. Now we say that all those …

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 21:27 — And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
  • 1Cor 4:9 — For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • 1Cor 11:10 — For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
  • 1Kgs 19:5 — And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
  • 1Kgs 22:19 — And he said, Hear thou therefore 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 hand and on his left.
  • 1Kgs 22:19 — And he said, Hear thou therefore 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 hand and on his left.
  • 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
  • 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
  • 2Kgs 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
  • 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • Acts 5:19 — But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
  • Acts 8:26 — And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
  • Acts 10:3 — He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
  • Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
  • Acts 12:23 — And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
  • Acts 27:23 — For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  • Acts 27:23 — For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  • Dan 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, a
  • Dan 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Dan 8:16 — And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
  • Dan 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
  • Dan 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
  • Dan 10:11 — And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood tre
  • Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Gen 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
  • Gen 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall se
  • Gen 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
  • Gen 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
  • Gen 32:1 — And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
  • Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Heb 1:7 — And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
  • Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Isa 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
  • Isa 6:6 — Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
  • Job 1:6 — Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
  • Job 2:1 — Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
  • John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
  • Jude 1:14 — And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
  • Luke 1:19 — And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.