“in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,”
Hebrews 12:23
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Esau and the congregation of the firstborn
Seven verses earlier the writer warned against being "godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright" (Hebrews 12:16). The man who gave up the firstborn's portion appears a few lines from an assembly where everyone in Christ is enrolled as firstborn.
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