Hebrews 10:17
in Hebrews 10Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
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ASV
And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
KJV
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
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This verse in Hebrews 10
Commentary
10 notes on this verseNow, this happened through the new covenant: we receive also in all-holy baptism the forgiveness of sins. In the life to come, when immortality is granted us, we shall live differently from everyone else, sin no longer capable of troubling those who have become immortal. …
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The Holy Spirit also testifies
on Hebrews 10:15-18
The Holy Spirit also testifies through Jeremiah 31, quoted a second time in the letter and cut to two promises. Verse 18 draws the conclusion, where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.
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I will remember no more
John Gill notes that the same words serve a different purpose here than at Hebrews 8:12. Here the point is remission of sin. Matthew Henry adds that no sin will be remembered against a true believer, either to shame him now or to condemn him later.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us." He had said that those sacrifices are not offered; he reasoned from what is written, and from what is not written; moreover also he put forward the prophetic word which says, "sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not." He had said that He had forgiven their sins. Again this also He proves from the testimony of what is written, for "the Holy Ghost" (he says) "is a witness to us: for after that He had said, This is the covenant, that I will make with them, after those days, saith the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin." So then He forgave their sins, when He gave the Covenant, and He gave the Covenant by sacrifice. If therefore He forgave the sins through the one sacrifice, there is no longer need of a second.
"And their sins." He added, he says, "And their sins I will remember no more." Do you see that he testified to the forgiveness of sins? Then he forgave when he established the new covenant. And the new covenant was given through the sacrifice of …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Do you see: God Himself testifies that He granted the cleansing of sins. And He granted it at the time when He was giving the New Testament. And He granted and established the New Testament by the death of His Son, as was shown earlier …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. See Gill on Heb 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, Heb 10:3 and consequently, since this new covenant has taken place, legal sacrifices must be abolished, as the apostle argues in the next verse.
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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
WE have all heard of Utopia, that imaginary land where all things are such as one might desire. A man who should conceive a spiritual Utopia might well be supposed to say, "What a delightful thing it would be if a man could, in this life, be completely saved! What a priceless gift would be bestowed upon a man if he could know, by infallible authority, that his every sin was pardoned as to the past, and that, as to his sins in the future, there is provided the certainty of pardon!
WE have all heard of Utopia, that imaginary land where all things are such as one might desire. A man who should conceive a spiritual Utopia might well be supposed to say, "What a delightful thing it would be if a man could, in this life, be completely saved! What a priceless gift would be bestowed upon a man if he could know, by infallible authority, that his every sin was pardoned as to the past, and that, as to his sins in the future, there is provided the certainty of pardon! And what if such a man should also possess the invaluable blessing of another nature, a nature which would be prone to good, just as his present nature is inclined to sin? "A nature which would prompt him to every holy thing, and spur him forward to the loftiest aims! What a thrice happy man would he be who could feel that death itself would be gain to him, and that the trials of life will cause him no real loss! He would be blest, indeed, who could rest secure at all times, because whenever the messenger of doom might come he was ready to meet him, prepared with the absolute certainty that he should enter into immortal glories!" A vision of such a supposable blessing as this has crossed the minds of many, but they have permitted it to melt into thin air, and have said, "The thing is impossible, but, if it could be attained, what a blessing it would be!" Now, I have come here this morning to tell you that this priceless blessing is obtainable! No, more—that it has been obtained, and is now enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of persons now living upon the face of the earth—and that you, my dear Hearers, shall every one of you enjoy it if you are led to put your trust in that Savior who came into this world on purpose to bring a perfect salvation to the sons of men! It is true that every man who has believed in Jesus is perfectly pardoned.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τῶν | ton | The | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἁμαρτιῶν | hamartion | sins | G266 → | 173 times |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀνομιῶν | anomion | lawless acts | G458 → | |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| οὐ | ou | certainly | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| μὴ | me | not | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| μνησθήσομαι | mnesthesomai | will I remember | G3403 → | 23 times |
| ἔτι. | eti | any more. | G2089 → | 140 times |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τῶνThe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἁμαρτιῶνsins
hamartionG266 →173 times
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀνομιῶνlawless acts
anomionG458 →
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
οὐcertainly
ouG3756 →1664 times
μὴnot
meG3361 →1066 times
μνησθήσομαιwill I remember
mnesthesomaiG3403 →23 times
ἔτι.any more.
etiG2089 →140 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I…
it leads to
- Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Jeremiah 33:8
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- 1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
- Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Isaiah 43:25
Through
Hebrews 8:12For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:16–17
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Romans 11:27
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
- Micah 7:19
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Hebrews 10:16–17
Where this verse is studied
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- The General Epistles
- The Day of Atonement
- Eternal Security, and the Five Warnings of Hebrews
- Faith
- The Hall of Faith
- The Fall Feasts
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- Hope
- The Anchor of the Soul
- Entertaining Angels Unaware
- How the Cross Saves: The Views of the Atonement
- Jephthah's vow
- The Joy Set Before Him
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- The Messianic Psalms
- Nadab and Abihu: the unauthorized fire
- Patience and the Impulse
- The Farmer Waits for the Rain
- The Scarlet Thread
- The Tabernacle
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- The Appointed Times Read as a Calendar of Prophecy
- The Ark of the Covenant
- The Ascension: Acts 1:1-11 · Luke 24:50-53
- The Blood
- The Bronze Laver
- The Burnt Offering
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About Hebrews
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 714: “A Savior Such As You Need” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 18; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews; Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10 and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Hebrews.