<p>10:23 <em>Let us hold fast the confession of our hope so that it does not waver. For He who promised is faithful</em>- Given the allusion to water baptism in :22, the confession of hope may refer to some statement made then- to the effect that 'I really believe all my sins have been dealt with and that I shall definitely be saved if the Lord returns today or I die; I believe God is faithful to His promises of forgiving and saving me'. This was the Christian &quot;hope&quot; or <em>elpis</em>; not a hope for the best at judgment day, but a solid confident expectation of future salvation. And that public confession was to be continued, at a time when in Jerusalem the Hebrew Christians were being mocked and persecuted by the Judaists. We continue professing / confessing our hope &ldquo;that it waver not&rdquo; (Heb. 10:23 RV). It doesn&rsquo;t waver for us, exactly because we preach it. There is a great personal benefit in publicly stating our faith to others.</p>