John Calvin Commentary Hebrews 10:24

"and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;" — Hebrews 10:24 (ASV)

And let us consider one another, etc. I do not doubt that he addresses the Jews especially in this exhortation. It is well-known how great the arrogance of that nation was; being descendants of Abraham, they boasted that they alone, to the exclusion of all others, had been chosen by the Lord to inherit the covenant of eternal life. Inflated by such a privilege, they despised other nations and wished to be considered alone in the Church of God; indeed, they superciliously arrogated to themselves the name of being The Church. It was necessary for the Apostles to work hard to correct this pride; and this, in my judgment, is what the Apostle is doing here, so that the Jews might not resent it that the Gentiles were associated with them and united as one body in the Church.

And first, indeed, he says, Let us consider one another; for God was then gathering a Church from both Jews and Gentiles, between whom there had always been great discord, so that their union was like combining fire and water. Therefore, the Jews recoiled from this, for they thought it a great indignity that the Gentiles should be made equal with them. To this goad of wicked emulation which pricked them, the Apostle counters it with another, namely that of love; or the word παροξυσμὸς, which he uses, signifies the ardor of contention. Then, so that the Jews might not be inflamed with envy and be led into contention, the Apostle exhorts them to a godly emulation—to stimulate one another to love.