Hebrews 8:12

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities; their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

In Context

11No longer will a man teach his fellow citizen or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

13In speaking of “a new covenant,” he has made the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.

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Cross References

Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you,

Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the remission of our trespasses, according to the riches of God's grace,

Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:7-13

The Old and New Covenant. ( a. d. 62.) 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their… Read the whole commentary →

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