Hebrews 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.
‘Profession of our faith’ [Greek: homologia] agreement; terms of surrender; confession. Translated as “profession” (3:1; 4:14; 10:23; 1Tim. 6:12; 2Cor. 9:13) and “confession” (1Tim. 6:13).
‘Without wavering’ to waver means to doubt, it is to be without true faith (Jas. 1:4-8; Rom. 4:17; Mark 11:22-24).
‘Consider’[ Greek: katanoeo] Translated as “consider” (10:24; 3:1; Matt. 7:3; Luke 12:24, 27; Acts 11:6; Rom. 4:19); “perceive” (Luke 6:41; 20:23); “discover” (Acts 27:39); and “behold” (Acts 7:31-32; Jas. 1:23-24).
‘Provoke’ [Greek: paroxusmos] to make keen; urge; prick; provoke (10:24) and contention (Acts 15:39).
‘Assembling’ [Greek: episunagoge] is a gathering together in one place (10:25; 2Thess. 2:1; cp. the verb in Matt. 23:37; 24:31). Christians got together at one another’s homes to pray and read together (the epistles), not in temples or churches as most assume today. The KJV translated the words assemble and congregation into ‘church’ because it was done in the days when the roman catholic church was in control of all access to Scripture. These words never refer to a certain place, but always to the verbal meaning of ‘getting together.’
‘As the manner of some is.’ It would seem here that some had forsaken the Christian gatherings, which occurred at individual’s homes, perhaps because of the persecutions referred to in Hebrews 10:32-33.
‘So much the more, as you see the day approaching.’ Christians should exhort one another to faithfulness, more and more, as the day of Christ draws near (1Cor. 1:8).
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