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15 And the Holy Spirit also adds His testimony to us [in confirmation of this]; for after having said,

16 
This is the covenant that I will make with them
After those days, says the Lord:
I will imprint My laws upon their heart,
And on their mind I will inscribe them [producing an inward change],”

He then says,

17 
And their sins and their lawless acts
I will remember no more [no longer holding their sins against them].”(A)

18 Now where there is [absolute] forgiveness and complete cancellation of the penalty of these things, there is no longer any offering [to be made to atone] for sin.

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15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(A) to us about this. First he says:

16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[a](B)

17 Then he adds:

“Their sins and lawless acts
    I will remember no more.”[b](C)

18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
  2. Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34