“This is 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;”
'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds' — the quotation of Jeremiah 31:33 again emphasizes the internalization of law through the new covenant; the Spirit writes on hearts and minds what the letter could not accomplish.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:16
Again this also He proves from the testimony of what is written, for “the Holy Ghost” (he says) “is a witness to us: for after that He had said,” Hebrews 10:16-18 “This is the covenant, that I will make with them, after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin.” So then He forgave their sins,…
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