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, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

who gave himself as a ransom for allthe testimony given at the proper time.

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, zealous for good deeds.

Therefore he is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

how much more will 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?

And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals; for you were slain, and with your blood purchased men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

A sacrifice

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

But when he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

For a

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

General references

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

Let brotherly love continue.

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