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

Bible References

As

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so 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—a ransom for many.”

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.

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

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

who gave Himself—a ransom for all,
a testimony at the proper time.

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

Therefore, He is always able to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

By this will of God, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.

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

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.

A sacrifice

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.

For a

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

The offerer must wash its entrails and shanks with water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.

“All fat belongs to the Lord.

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

General references

Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.

The priest is to offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. The priest will make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

Let brotherly love continue.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.