18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
18 Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them.
18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hebrews 10:18
Commentary on Hebrews 10:11-18
(Read Hebrews 10:11-18)
Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be called a new covenant. Let none suppose that human inventions can avail those who put them in the place of the sacrifice of the Son of God. What then remains, but that we seek an interest in this Sacrifice by faith; and the seal of it to our souls, by the sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience? So that by the law being written in our hearts, we may know that we are justified, and that God will no more remember our sins.