Context time! (Remember context is key to correctly handling the word of God.)
The book of Hebrews is written to help Christians stay faithful. This passage and the next will help us see how relationships in the church help us to not only become Christians but to finish strong. Or as the Hebrew writer puts it, to “hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering.“
Wavering or swerving, as other translations say, remind us of a student driver lacking confidence, gripping the wheel in fear, and uncertain about how to get where they’re going. Nobody wants their Christian walk to be anything like that! Relationships are the key to gaining confidence and keeping your ride on the road (the narrow road, that is)! Two keys from this passage: