Ephesians 5:2

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Summary

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

As

A sacrifice

Romans 8:3

Hebrews 9:23

Hebrews 10:12

For a

2 Corinthians 2:15

General references

Bible References

As

Husbands: love your wives, even as Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself for it,

and to know what is the love of Christ, which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fullness which cometh of God.

Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."

This is my commandment: that ye love together as I have loved you.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, if one be dead for all, that then are all dead:

Ye know the liberality of our Lord Jesus Christ, which though he were rich, yet for your sakes became poor: that ye through his poverty might be made rich.

which gave himself for our sins, to deliver us from this present evil world, through the will of God our father,

I am crucified with Christ. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God, which loved me, and gave himself for me.

which gave himself a ransom for all men, that it should be testified at his time;

which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

Wherefore he is able also ever to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for us.

How much more shall the blood of Christ - which through the eternal spirit, offered himself without spot to God - purge your consciences from dead works, for to serve the living God?

By the which will we are sanctified, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

For hereunto verily were ye called, for Christ also suffered for us: leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps,

Hereby are we assured of love: because he left his life for us: And therefore we ought also to give our lives for our brethren.

and from Jesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

and they sung a new song saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof, for thou wast killed, and hast redeemed us by thy blood, out of all kindreds, and tongues, and people, and nations,

A sacrifice

For what the law could not do, inasmuch as it was weak because of the flesh - that performed God, and sent his son in the similitude of sinful flesh, and by sin damned sin in the flesh;

It is then need that the similitudes of heavenly things, be purified with such things: but the heavenly things themselves are purified with better sacrifices than are those.

but this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat him down for ever on the righthand of God,

For a

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.

But the inwards and the legs they shall wash in water, and the priest shall burn altogether upon the altar, that it be a burnt sacrifice, and an offering of a sweet odour unto the LORD.

And the priest shall burn them upon the alter to feed the LORD's sacrifice withal and to make a sweet savour. And thus shall all the fat be the LORD's,

"'I hate and abhor your holidays, and whereas ye cense me when ye come together I will not accept it.

For we are unto God the sweet savor of Christ, both among them that are saved, and also among them which perish:

General references

Afterward he slew the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons brought the blood unto him, and he sprinkled it round about upon the altar.

and let the priest put both the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar; and make an atonement for him, and then he shall be clean.

and an ox, a ram and a lamb of a year old for burnt offerings;

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God delivered thee thence: wherefore I command thee this thing today.

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt: wherefore I command thee to do this thing.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful.

This is my commandment: that ye love together as I have loved you.

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus:

Let brotherly love continue.

Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, then we ought also to love one another.