Hebrews 12:12-17
See to it … that no one is … unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. (vv. 15a, 16b) There must be more information elsewhere in this letter, because I cannot follow what my Study Bible is suggesting, that the author’s “readers were thinking of compromising their faith in order to gain relief from persecution. But to trade their spiritual birthright for temporary ease in this world would deprive them of Christ’s blessing. The author had earlier in this chapter mentioned persecution: “… you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” (v. 4b) So there is probably some basis for what my Study Bible is saying. Confusing.
Slava Bohu!