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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/hebrews/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hebrews/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hebrews/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hebrews/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />because I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I shall remember their sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS, AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL <i>and</i> GRACIOUS TOWARD THEIR WICKEDNESS, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I will forgive their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />because I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold their sins against them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins and lawless acts no more.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Because I will be merciful to their wrongdoings, and their sins I will remember no longer.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and their lawlessnesses no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />because I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I shall remember their sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their injustices will I remember no more.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will no longer remember their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“And I shall purge them of their evils, and I shall not remember their sins again.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Because I will be merciful unto their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For I will be placable to their unrighteousnesses and their sins, and their iniquities I will never more remember.?<RX 24.31.31-34><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sins and their trangressions will I remember no more."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Because I will be merciful to their wrongdoings, and their sins I will remember no longer.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins no more."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For I will forgive their crimes, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/8-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=1375" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/8.htm">The New Covenant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: esomai (V-FIM-1S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">I will</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tais (Art-DFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2436.htm" title="2436: hileōs (Adj-NMS) -- Perhaps from the alternate form of haireomai; cheerful, i.e. Propitious; adverbially God be gracious!, i.e. far be it.">forgive</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/93.htm" title="93: adikiais (N-DFP) -- Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.">iniquities</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3403.htm" title="3403: mnēsthō (V-ASP-1S) -- To remember, call to mind, recall, mention. A prolonged form of mnaomai; to remind, i.e. to recall to mind.">will remember</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartiōn (N-GFP) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sins</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">no</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still.">more.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a></span><br />No 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 will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a></span><br />As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-43.htm">Acts 10:43</a></span><br />All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-27.htm">Romans 11:27</a></span><br />And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a></span><br />When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></span><br />This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Psalm 32:1-2</a></span><br />Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19</a></span><br />that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-7.htm">Romans 4:7-8</a></span><br />“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-47.htm">Luke 24:47</a></span><br />and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-16.htm">Hebrews 10:16,17</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> 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; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalm 25:7</a></b></br> Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalm 65:3</a></b></br> Iniquities prevail against me: <i>as for</i> our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/romans/4-25.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/romans/4-7.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Lawless</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-6.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/romans/13-13.htm">ses</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">Unrighteousnesses</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Wrongdoings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/james/3-16.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Lawless</a> <a href="/james/2-13.htm">Merciful</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-5.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-3.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">ses</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/james/3-6.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">Unrighteousnesses</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Wrongdoings</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is overshadowed;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/8-7.htm">and replaced by the new covenant of the Gospel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For I will forgive their iniquities</b><br>This phrase highlights God's promise of forgiveness, a central theme in the New Covenant. The term "iniquities" refers to moral wrongdoings or sins, emphasizing the depth of human transgression. In the Old Testament, forgiveness was often associated with sacrificial offerings (<a href="/leviticus/4-20.htm">Leviticus 4:20</a>). However, this promise in Hebrews points to a new era where forgiveness is granted through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, fulfilling prophecies such as those found in <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>. This reflects the shift from the Old Covenant, based on the law and sacrifices, to the New Covenant, based on grace and faith in Christ's atoning work.<p><b>and will remember their sins no more.”</b><br>This phrase signifies the complete and total forgiveness offered by God, where sins are not only forgiven but also forgotten. In ancient cultures, memory was often linked to record-keeping and accountability. The idea of God not remembering sins indicates a divine choice to erase the record of wrongdoing, offering believers a fresh start. This concept is echoed in <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where sins are described as being removed "as far as the east is from the west." It underscores the transformative power of Christ's sacrifice, which not only covers sin but eradicates its eternal consequences, fulfilling the promise of a restored relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, emphasizing His role as the forgiver of sins.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_new_covenant.htm">The New Covenant</a></b><br>The context of this verse is the New Covenant, which is established through Jesus Christ, contrasting with the Old Covenant given to Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The original recipients of the Old Covenant, now included in the promise of the New Covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The mediator of the New Covenant, whose sacrifice enables the forgiveness of sins.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is debated, the author writes to Jewish Christians to explain the superiority of Christ and the New Covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_forgiveness.htm">The Nature of God's Forgiveness</a></b><br>God's forgiveness is complete and absolute. He not only forgives but also chooses to forget our sins, demonstrating His grace and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_the_new_covenant.htm">The Assurance of the New Covenant</a></b><br>Believers can have confidence in their relationship with God through the New Covenant, which is based on better promises and the finished work of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_freedom_of_forgiveness.htm">Living in the Freedom of Forgiveness</a></b><br>Understanding that our sins are forgiven and forgotten should lead to a life of freedom, free from guilt and shame, and motivate us to live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus_as_mediator.htm">The Role of Jesus as Mediator</a></b><br>Jesus' role as the mediator of the New Covenant is central to our faith. His sacrifice is the basis for our forgiveness and reconciliation with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_forgive_others.htm">The Call to Forgive Others</a></b><br>As recipients of such profound forgiveness, we are called to extend forgiveness to others, reflecting God's character in our relationships.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_satan_loved_by_god.htm">Is Satan loved by God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'forgive_and_forget'_biblical.htm">Is "forgive and forget" a biblical concept?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_sea_of_forgetfulness.htm">What is the Sea of Forgetfulness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_change_covenants_if_god_foresaw_all.htm">Why would a perfectly omniscient God, as implied in Hebrews 8:12, need to change from the old covenant to the new covenant if He supposedly foresaw everything from the beginning?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Merciful.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">propitious.</span> On the kindred word "make propitiation," see <a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm" title="Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.">Hebrews 2:17</a>.<p><span class= "bld">To their unrighteousness.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins will I remember no more.</span> The words "and their iniquities" are omitted by the best authorities. Here is given the third and chief promise: the characteristic of the new covenant is the full pardon of sin.<p>Of this new covenant, "ordained" on the three promises of an inward revelation, universal knowledge of God, and free pardon of sin, Jesus is the Mediator. How this is to be understood the writer himself will teach, for all these promises are present (virtually or formally) in the last portion of his argument (<a href="/context/hebrews/10-14.htm" title="For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified.">Hebrews 10:14-18</a>). In part they belong to the new covenant from the beginning. The pardon is spoken of not as a gift to individuals, but rather as from the first a characteristic of the covenant (<a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm" title="For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.">Hebrews 9:26</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-18.htm" title="Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.">Hebrews 10:18</a>). The first promise is seen in the gift of the Holy Spirit, and in the teaching represented by the Sermon on the Mount, in which inward principles of life take the place of many an outward rule. The second waits for full accomplishment, but is seen in the abolition of distinctions between nation and nation, and the common influence of the Holy Spirit.<p>This subject has presented difficulties, because it has been forgotten that this Scripture speaks of no sudden change in man's relation to God. The essential promises of the new covenant were not unknown under the old. "Thy law is within my heart" is the saying of one Psalmist; "Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin," of another. But in regard to the nation there was failure. The rites of the Law did not lead to the perception of spiritual truths; ordinances which were intended to teach the divine intolerance of sin became mere ceremonies; external sanctions did not preserve the nation in true obedience to God's law. To all, the former covenant (like the first Tabernacle, <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm" title="Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;">Hebrews 9:9</a>) was a parable, explained only when the new covenant (which was in truth <span class= "ital">before</span> the old, <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm" title="And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot cancel, that it should make the promise of none effect.">Galatians 3:17</a>) was "ordained." . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/8-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔσομαι</span> <span class="translit">(esomai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forgive</span><br /><span class="grk">ἵλεως</span> <span class="translit">(hileōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2436.htm">Strong's 2436: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps from the alternate form of haireomai; cheerful, i.e. Propitious; adverbially God be gracious!, i.e. far be it.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iniquities</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀδικίαις</span> <span class="translit">(adikiais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_93.htm">Strong's 93: </a> </span><span class="str2">Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will remember</span><br /><span class="grk">μνησθῶ</span> <span class="translit">(mnēsthō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3403.htm">Strong's 3403: </a> </span><span class="str2">To remember, call to mind, recall, mention. A prolonged form of mnaomai; to remind, i.e. to recall to mind.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sins</span><br /><span class="grk">ἁμαρτιῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hamartiōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hamartano; a sin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐ</span> <span class="translit">(ou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> </span><span class="str2">No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">more.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔτι</span> <span class="translit">(eti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2089.htm">Strong's 2089: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their (Heb. He. 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