Ephesians 5:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance. [Ezek. 20:41.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

Common English Bible

² Live your life with love, following the example of Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us. He was a sacrificial offering that smelled sweet to God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

English Standard Version 2016

² And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:2 Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: "I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

Exodus 29:18

And you shall offer the entire ram as a burnt offering upon the altar. It is an oblation to the Lord, a most sweet odor of the victim of the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

And you shall take all these things from their hands and burn them upon the altar as a holocaust, as a most sweet odor in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation.

Leviticus 1:13

Yet truly, the intestines and the feet they shall wash with water. And the priest, having offered everything, shall burn it upon the altar as a holocaust and as a most sweet odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

And he shall break its wing joints, but he shall neither cut, nor divide it with metal, and he shall burn it upon the altar, placing fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and an oblation of a most sweet odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

the intestines and feet having been washed with water. And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a holocaust and as a sweet odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:16

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, as nourishment for the fire and as a most sweet odor. All the fat shall be for the Lord;

Amos 5:21

I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.

Numbers 7:21

an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust,

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many."

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.

John 6:51

I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.

Romans 15:16

so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

who was handed over because of our offenses, and who rose again for our justification.

Romans 8:3

For though this was impossible under the law, because it was weakened by the flesh, God sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and because of sin, in order to condemn sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:37

But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that is yours be immersed in charity.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge the old leaven, so that you may become the new bread, for you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, has now been immolated.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God, both with those who are being saved and with those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself on behalf of our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present wicked age, according to the will of God our Father.

Galatians 2:20

I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.

Ephesians 1:4

just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.

Ephesians 3:19

of the charity of Christ, and even be able to know that which surpasses all knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, acting according to truth in charity, we should increase in everything, in him who is the head, Christ himself.

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.

Ephesians 5:15

And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,

Deuteronomy 27:6

out of stones which have not been hewn or polished. And you shall offer holocausts on it to the Lord your God.

Philippians 4:18

But I have everything in abundance. I have been filled up, having received from Epaphroditus the things that you sent; this is an odor of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:14

And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example among the faithful in word, in behavior, in charity, in faith, in chastity.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers of good works.

Hebrews 8:3

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:23

Therefore, it is necessary for the examples of heavenly things to be cleansed, just as, indeed, these things were. Yet the heavenly things are themselves better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:26

Otherwise, he would need to have suffered repeatedly since the beginning of the world. But now, one time, at the consummation of the ages, he has appeared in order to destroy sin though his own sacrifice.

1 Peter 4:8

But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:16

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,

Revelation 5:9

And they were singing a new canticle, saying: "O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language and people and nation.