This is the implication of the passage. Teshuvah, it is emphasized, is not dependent on external conditions, on where the Jewish people lives or on the pressure of alien cultures. It is purely a matter of individual free choice. The text is certainly alluding to teshuvah. Teshuvah involves confession of the lips and remorse of the heart.
Reason postulates that no amends made by the sinner can be adequate.
A special act of Divine grace must be presumed to make such repentance acceptable. After it has demonstrated the facility of repentance, the text maintains it is only reasonable that we should not neglect the opportunity, which is a matter of life and death for us. Albo thus takes the view that the context indicates that we are dealing with the commandment of teshuvah. Most of our commentators hold this view to be untenable and maintain we are dealing with the whole complex of Jewish observance. It is not beyond the sea'.