Hebrews 10:19

"Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that once sins are forgiven through Christ's sacrifice, further animal sacrifices become unnecessary because the new covenant offers permanent forgiveness. The old system could only temporarily cover sins; true and final atonement is achieved by Christ’s single offering.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 19. Having therefore, brethren. The apostle, in this verse, enters on the hortatory part of his epistle, which continues to the end of it. He had gone into an extensive examination of the Jewish and Christian systems; he had compared the Founders of the two--Moses and the Son of God--and shown how far superior the latter was to the former; he had compared the Christian great High Priest with the Jewish high priest, and shown his superiority; he had compared the sacrifices under the two dispensations, and showed that in all respects the Christian sacrifice was superior to the Jewish --tha

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