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
Images Ephesians 5:2
Prayers for Ephesians 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Imitators Of God
1
Therefore imitate God like beloved children.
2 and
Cross References
John 13:34
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
Matthew 20:28
The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom in payment for many.
Galatians 2:20
I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me.
Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, put on love, which is the bond of perfection and unity.
Hebrews 9:14
The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.
Genesis 8:21
Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.
Romans 8:3
God did what the Law could not do, because human nature was weak. He sent his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering and do away with sin. So he condemned sin in sinful human nature.
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God. We are an aroma for those who are saved and those who perish.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it.
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise he would have to suffer often from the founding of the world. He has presented himself once at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and 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.
Leviticus 1:9
Wash the internal organs and legs. The priest will then burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah.
Leviticus 1:13
Wash the internal organs and the hind legs. The priest will present the sacrifice to Jehovah and burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to Jehovah.
Leviticus 1:17
Finally, he will take the bird by its wings, tear it partially open, and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases Jehovah.
Leviticus 3:16
The priest will burn them on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to Jehovah. It is a soothing aroma. All the fat belongs to Jehovah.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise (reject) your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
John 15:12-13
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
Romans 4:25
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification (acquittal).
Romans 8:37
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 14:15-16
If because of your food your brother is grieved, you do not walk in love. Do not allow what you eat to destroy the one for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of dough. For even Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us.
1 Corinthians 16:14
Do everything with love.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died.
Galatians 1:4
He (Jesus) gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the will of our God and Father.
Ephesians 3:17
May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith to the end that you will be rooted and grounded in love.
Ephesians 3:19
And may you know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. May you be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 4:2
Walk with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, putting up with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:15
By speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in all things to him. For he, Christ, is the head.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
I do not need to write you about brotherly love. For God taught you to love one another.
1 Timothy 2:6
He gave himself as a ransom for all. A witness was to be given at the right time.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man look down on your youth. Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and chasteness.
Titus 2:14
He (Jesus Christ) gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify a people for himself, who are special people, zealous for good works.
Hebrews 7:25-27
He is able to save completely those who approach God through him, because he is always alive to intercede for them.
Hebrews 9:23
It was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these. But the heavenly things should be cleansed with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 10:10-12
We are sanctified by his will through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 2:21-24
For this you were called because Christ also suffered for you. He left you an example (a copy for imitation) (a model) that you should follow in his steps.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all things have intense love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:11-12
This is the message you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another!
1 John 3:16
By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 3:23
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment!
1 John 4:20-21
If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Revelation 5:9
They sing a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you bought persons for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.