Ephesians 5:2

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."

Montgomery New Testament

In The 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.

In Context

1Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,

3As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

John 13:34I give you a new commandment, Love one another!

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:2-3

Cautions against Impurity. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 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. Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the last verses of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these… Read the whole commentary →

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