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

1 John 4:11

Bible References

As

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.

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

For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, being rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be made rich.

who gave Himself for our sins, in order that he might redeem us from the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father:

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

the one having given himself a ransom for all, a testimony in due time;

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

wherefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those coming unto God through him, ever living to intercede for them.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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

For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps:

In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstbegotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To the one loving us with divine love, and having washed us from our sins in His own blood,

And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to receive the book, and to open its seals: because thou wast slain, and didst with thy blood redeem unto God out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

A sacrifice

For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:

Therefore it is necessary that the pattern of the things in these heavens be purified; and the heavenly things themselves with greater sacrifices than these.

and he, having offered up one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God;

For a

because we are a sweet savour of Christ unto God, among those who are saved, and among those who perish;

General references

Therefore be ye merciful, as your Father is indeed merciful.

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

Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:

Let brotherly love continue.

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