“See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.”
Hebrews 12:16
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Esau and the congregation of the firstborn
Esau sold his birthright, the firstborn's portion. Seven verses later the writer names the assembly gathered at Zion as "the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven" (Hebrews 12:23), where everyone in Christ is enrolled as firstborn.
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