Ephesians 5:2

Imitators Of God

¹ So you must keep on following God's example, as dearly loved children of His, ² and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ³ But sexual vice and any form of immorality or sensual greed must not so much as be mentioned among you, as that is the only course becoming in God's people;

For Us

Gave Himself

On Our Behalf

Sweet Savor

O God

Christ

Messiah

John 13:34

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ is living in me; the life I now live as a mortal man I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Colossians 3:14

And over all these qualities put on love, which is the tie of perfection that binds us together.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more surely will the blood of Christ, who with an eternal Spirit gave Himself a spotless offering to God, purify your consciences from works that mean mere death, to serve the ever living God?

Romans 8:3

For though the law could not do it, because it was made helpless through our lower nature, yet God, by sending His own Son in a body similar to that of our lower nature, and as a sacrifice for sin, passed sentence upon sin through His body,

2 Corinthians 2:15

Indeed, I am the fragrance of Christ to God, alike for those who are being saved and for those who are perishing;

2 Corinthians 8:9

For by experience you know the unmerited favor shown by our Lord Jesus Christ; that although He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, in order that by His poverty you might become rich.

Ephesians 5:25

You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Hebrews 9:26

for, if that had been the case, He would have had to suffer over and over again, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once at the close of the ages He has appeared, to put away sin by His sacrifice.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Sovereign of the kings of the earth. To Him who ever loves us and once for all released us from our sins by His blood,

John 6:51

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

John 15:12-13

This is my command to you, to keep on loving one another as I have loved you.

Romans 4:25

who was given up to death because of our shortcomings and was raised again to give us right standing with God.

Romans 8:37

And yet in all these things we keep on gloriously conquering through Him who loved us.

Romans 14:15-16

For if your brother is hurt because of the food you eat, you are not living by the standard of love. Stop ruining, by what you eat, the man for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 5:7

You must clean out the old yeast, that you may be a fresh lump, as you are to be free from the old yeast. For our Passover Lamb, Christ, has already been sacrificed.

1 Corinthians 16:14

let everything be done in love.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died,

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins, to save us from the present wicked world in accordance with the will of our God and Father;

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,

Ephesians 3:19

yes, to come at last to know the love of Christ, although it far surpasses human understanding, so that you may be filled with the perfect fullness of God.

Ephesians 4:2

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

Ephesians 4:15

But, on the other hand, we shall go on holding to the truth and in love growing up into perfect union with Him, that is, Christ Himself who is the Head.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now as to brotherly love, you have no need of anyone's writing you, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was testified to at the proper time,

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one think little of you because you are young, but always set an example for believers, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us to ransom us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people to be His very own, zealous of good works.

Hebrews 7:25-27

Therefore, because He Himself lives always to intercede for them always, He is able to save completely any and all who come to God through Him.

Hebrews 9:23

So, on the one hand, the copies of the original things in heaven had to be purified with such sacrifices; but on the other hand, the original things themselves in heaven with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 10:10-12

It is by this will of God that we are consecrated through the offering of Jesus' body once for all.

1 Peter 2:21-24

Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps.

1 Peter 4:8

Above everything else keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers up a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:11-12

it is so because the message that you have heard from the beginning is this: We should love one another.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is from the fact that He laid down His life for us; and so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:23

His command is this, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and practice loving one another, just as He commanded us to do.

1 John 4:20-21

If anyone says, "I love God," and yet habitually hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the book and break its seals, because you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,