Ephesians 5:2

Imitators Of God

¹ Therefore imitate God, as his dear children, ² 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.' ³ As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

For Us

Gave Himself

On Our Behalf

Sweet Savor

O God

Christ

Messiah

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

Matthew 20:28

Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Colossians 3:14

Over all these virtues put on love; for that is the girdle which makes all complete.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through his eternal Spirit, offered himself up to God, as a victim without blemish, purify our consciences from a lifeless formality, and fit us for the service of the Living God!

Romans 8:3

What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the fragrance of Christ ascending to God--both among those who are in the path of Salvation and among those who are in the path to Ruin.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you do not forget the loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ--how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,

Hebrews 9:26

for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--

John 6:51

I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

John 15:12-13

This is my command--Love one another, as I have loved you.

Romans 4:25

For Jesus 'was given up to death to atone for our offences,' and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.

Romans 8:37

Yet amidst all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us!

Romans 14:15-16

If, for the sake of what you eat, you wound your Brother's feelings, your life has ceased to be ruled by love. Do not, by what you eat, ruin a man for whom Christ died!

1 Corinthians 5:7

Get rid entirely of the old leaven, so that you may be like new dough-free from leaven, as in truth you are. For our Passover Lamb is already sacrificed-Christ himself;

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let everything you do be done in a loving spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

It is the love of the Christ which compels us, when we reflect that, as one died for all, therefore all died;

Galatians 1:4

Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,

Ephesians 3:17

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

Ephesians 3:19

And to understand--though it surpasses all understanding--the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.

Ephesians 4:2

Always humble and gentle, patient, bearing lovingly with one another,

Ephesians 4:15

But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all men. This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;

1 Timothy 4:12

Do not let any one look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the Faith.

Titus 2:14

For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

Hebrews 7:25-27

And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf.

Hebrews 9:23

While, then, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly realities to be purified by such means as these, the heavenly realities themselves required better sacrifices.

Hebrews 10:10-12

And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:21-24

For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all things, let your love for one another be earnest, for 'Love throws a veil over countless sins.'

1 John 3:11-12

For these are the Tidings that we heard from the first--that we are to love one another.

1 John 3:16

We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.

1 John 3:23

His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

1 John 4:20-21

If a man says 'I love God,' and yet hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the man who does not love his Brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Revelation 5:9

And they are singing a new song--'Thou art worthy to take the book and break its seals, for thou wast sacrificed, and with thy blood thou didst buy for God men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,