Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children:

3But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also 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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