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 also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled up to 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 just as I have loved you.

For the love of Christ controls us, [because we] have concluded this: that one died for all; as a result all died.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

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

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and that [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 a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, [because he] always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.

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

by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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

We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

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

And they were singing a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and bought [people] for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation,

A sacrifice

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Therefore [it was] necessary [for] the sketches of the [things] in heaven to be purified with these [sacrifices], but the heavenly [things] themselves [to be purified] with better sacrifices than these.

But this one, [after he] had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

For a

And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.

Then he must wash its inner parts and its lower leg bones with water, and the priest will turn into smoke the whole [animal] on the altar [as] a burnt offering [by] fire, [as] an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

The priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar [as] a food [offering]; all the fat [is] an offering made by fire [as] an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

"I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your assemblies.

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

General references

Then he slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around;

Then the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and so he shall be clean.

one {young } bull, one ram, a male lamb {in its first year} as a burnt offering;

And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I [am] commanding you thus {today}.

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, therefore I [am] commanding you to do this thing."

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!

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

Think this in yourselves which [was] also in Christ Jesus,

Brotherly love must continue.

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