Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice, a sweet smelling aroma to God.

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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

1Therefore be imitators of God, as dear children;

3But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or covetousness, must not even be named among you, as is befitting saints;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man did not come 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 you love one another; as I have loved you, so you 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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