“You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hebrews 1 contains 14 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.