Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us,
International Standard Version
Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.
A Conservative Version
And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.
American Standard Version
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
Amplified
and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
An Understandable Version
Live in a loving way, just like Christ loved us and gave Himself up [to die] for us as an offering and fragrant smelling sacrifice to God.
Anderson New Testament
and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.
Bible in Basic English
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
Common New Testament
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.
Darby Translation
and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Godbey New Testament
and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.
Goodspeed New Testament
and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
John Wesley New Testament
as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet-smelling savour.
Julia Smith Translation
And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.
King James 2000
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling fragrance.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.
Modern King James verseion
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God.
Moffatt New Testament
and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Montgomery New Testament
and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
NET Bible
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
New Heart English Bible
And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Noyes New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet odor.
Sawyer New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.
The Emphasized Bible
And walk in love - even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'
Webster
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 sweet-smelling savor.
Weymouth New Testament
And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.
Williams New Testament
and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
World English Bible
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Worrell New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.
Worsley New Testament
even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.
Youngs Literal Translation
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
Themes
The atonement » Exhibits the » Love of Christ
The atonement » Acceptable to God
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » The offering of Christ
Christ » Reproves » Sacrifice of
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Sacrificial
Christian conduct » Loving one another
The death of Christ » Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God
Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Love
Incense » Figurative » Of an acceptable sacrifice
Love of Christ » To be imitated
Love to man » After the example of Christ
Offerings » Animal sacrifices » A type of Christ
Offerings » Illustrative of » Christ's offering of himself
Sacrifices » Were typical of Christ's sacrifice
Jesus Christ, Savior » Offered himself as a sacrifice
Vicarious suffering » Of Christ » Offered himself as a sacrifice
Topics
Interlinear
hemas
ἡμῶν
hemon
Usage: 388
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Paradidomi
heautou
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:2
Prayers for Ephesians 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Imitators Of God
1
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children
2 and
Cross References
John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, 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.
Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more shall the blood of the Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from the works of death to serve the living God?
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a savour of rest, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his childhood; neither will I again smite any more every living thing as I have done.
Romans 8:3
For that which was impossible to the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in those that are saved and in those that perish;
2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be enriched.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself for her,
Hebrews 9:26
otherwise it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once in the consummation of the ages he has appeared to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood
Leviticus 1:9
but he shall wash its intestines and its legs in water, and the priest shall incense it all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering on fire, of a very acceptable aroma unto the LORD.
Leviticus 1:13
and he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water; and the priest shall offer it all and incense it upon the altar; it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering on fire, of a very acceptable aroma unto the LORD.
Leviticus 1:17
And he shall cleave it by its wings but shall not divide it in two; and the priest shall incense it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering on fire of a very acceptable aroma unto the LORD.
Leviticus 3:16
And the priest shall incense them upon the altar; and this shall be the food of the offering on fire of a very acceptable aroma unto the LORD; all the fat is the LORD's.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.
John 6:51
I AM the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, they shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 15:12-13
This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
Romans 4:25
who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 8:37
Nevertheless, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Romans 14:15-16
But if thy brother is grieved because of thy food, now thou dost not walk in charity. Do not destroy him with thy food, for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us;
1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all your things be done with charity.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead:
Galatians 1:4
who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Ephesians 3:17
that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,
Ephesians 3:19
and to know the charity of the Christ, which passes all knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and meekness, with tolerance, forbearing one another in love,
Ephesians 4:15
but following the truth in charity, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But as touching love among the brethren, ye need not that I write unto you, for ye yourselves have learned of God that ye are to show charity to one another.
1 Timothy 2:6
who gave himself in ransom for all, the testimony of which was confirmed at the time,
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a people of his own, zealous of good works.
Hebrews 7:25-27
Therefore he is able also to save to the uttermost those that come unto God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 9:23
So that it was necessary that the figures of the heavenly things should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 10:10-12
In this will, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus, the Christ, once for all.
1 Peter 2:21-24
Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps
1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11-12
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.
1 John 3:16
In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:23
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.
1 John 4:20-21
If anyone says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood, out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation