Hebrews 10:17

17 and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

Hebrews 10:17 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:17

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
] (See Gill on Hebrews 8:10). The words are cited to a different purpose here than there; the principal thing for which they are cited here, is to observe God's promise of non-remembrance of sin; which is no other than remission of sin, and which is not consistent with legal sacrifices, in which there is a remembrance of sin every year, ( Hebrews 10:3 ) and consequently, since this new covenant has taken place, legal sacrifices must be abolished, as the apostle argues in the next verse. In one of Beza's copies are inserted, at the, beginning of this verse, these words, "then he said", which seem necessary to answer to the last clause of ( Hebrews 10:15 ) .

Hebrews 10:17 In-Context

15 And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness [of it]; for after what was said:

16 This [is] the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith [the] Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;

17 and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

18 But where there [is] remission of these, [there is] no longer a sacrifice for sin.

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the [holy of] holies by the blood of Jesus,