Ephesians 5:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

1 John 4:11

Bible References

As

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many."

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.

For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died:

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich.

Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;

I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

Who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony for its own times,

who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Whence also He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, since He is ever living to intercede in their behalf.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

in which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;

In this we have known the love, that He laid down His soul in our behalf; and we ought to lay down our souls in behalf of the brethren.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him Who loveth, and loosed us from our sins in His own blood,

And they sing a new song, saying, "Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open its seals; because Thou wast slain, and didst redeem to God, by Thy blood, some of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

A sacrifice

For, what was impossible under law, wherein it was weak through the flesh. God, sending His Own Son in likeness of sinful flesh, and, respecting sin, condemned sin in the flesh;

There was, therefore, a necessity that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these.

but This Man, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

For a

because we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those who are being saved, and in those who are perishing;

General references

"Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus;

Let brotherly love continue.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.