# Where is “I will remember their sins no more” in the Bible?

> “I will remember their sins no more” is Hebrews 8:12.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/i-will-remember-their-sins-no-more
By Andrew Kittridge · November 11, 2026

The unnamed writer of Hebrews quotes it from Jeremiah 31:34, God’s promise of a new covenant.

## The verse

> For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoing, and I will remember their sins no more.”
>
> — [Hebrews 8:12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/8#12) (Lumin Translation)

These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible.

## What it means there

Under the new covenant God forgives completely. Not remembering does not mean God forgets the way people do. It means he will not hold those sins against his people again. Hebrews 10:18 adds that where sins are forgiven, no more offering for them is needed.

## Also in the Bible

> he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
>
> — [Hebrews 10:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/hebrews/10#17) (Lumin Translation)

> No longer will they teach one another, each his neighbor and each his brother, saying, “Know Yahweh,” because all of them will know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares Yahweh. For I will forgive their guilt and will no longer remember their sin.
>
> — [Jeremiah 31:34](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/31#34) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### Where is “I will remember their sins no more” in the Bible?

“I will remember their sins no more” is Hebrews 8:12. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. The unnamed writer of Hebrews quotes it from Jeremiah 31:34, God’s promise of a new covenant.

### Is “I will remember their sins no more” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Hebrews 8:12, and also Hebrews 10:17 and Jeremiah 31:34. In the Lumin Translation, Hebrews 8:12 reads: “For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoing, and I will remember their sins no more.””

### Who said “I will remember their sins no more”?

The unnamed writer of Hebrews quotes it from Jeremiah 31:34, God’s promise of a new covenant.

### What does “I will remember their sins no more” mean in the Bible?

Under the new covenant God forgives completely. Not remembering does not mean God forgets the way people do. It means he will not hold those sins against his people again. Hebrews 10:18 adds that where sins are forgiven, no more offering for them is needed.

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