Ephesians 5:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² And walk in love, as Messiah also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to Elohim for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

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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.

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.

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.

Ephesians 5:2 Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And יהוה smelled a soothing fragrance, and יהוה said in His heart, “Never again shall I curse the ground because of man, although the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and never again strike all living creatures, as I have done,

Exodus 29:18

“And you shall burn the entire ram on the slaughter-place. It is an ascending offering to יהוה, it is a sweet fragrance, an offering made by fire to יהוה.

Exodus 29:25

“Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the slaughter-place as an ascending offering, as a sweet fragrance before יהוה. It is an offering made by fire to יהוה.

Leviticus 1:13

‘But the entrails and the legs he washes with water. And the priest shall bring it all and burn it on the slaughter-place. It is an ascending offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet fragrance to יהוה.

Leviticus 1:17

‘And he shall split it at its wings, but not sever it. And the priest shall burn it on the slaughter-place, on the wood that is on the fire. It is an ascending offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet fragrance to יהוה.

Leviticus 1:9

‘But its entrails and its legs he washes with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the slaughter-place as an ascending offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet fragrance to יהוה.

Leviticus 3:16

‘And the priest shall burn them on the slaughter-place as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet fragrance. All the fat belongs to יהוה.

Amos 5:21

“I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies.

Numbers 7:21

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, as an ascending offering;

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of Aḏam did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

John 13:34

“A renewed command I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

John 6:51

“I am the living bread which came down out of the heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever. And indeed, the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of יהושע Messiah to the nations, with the priestly duty of bringing the Good News of Elohim, so that the offering of the nations becomes acceptable, set apart by the Set-apart Spirit.

Romans 4:25

who was delivered up because of our trespasses, and was raised for us to be declared right.

Romans 8:3

For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim, having sent His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:37

But in all this we are more than overcomers through Him who loved us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Pĕsaḥ was slaughtered for us.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to Elohim who always leads us on, to overcome in Messiah, and manifests through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:15

Because we are to Elohim the fragrance of Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the favour of our Master יהושע Messiah, that being rich, He became poor for your sake, so that you might become rich through His poverty.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins, to deliver us out of this present wicked age, according to the desire of our Elohim and Father,

Galatians 2:20

“I have been impaled with Messiah, and I no longer live, but Messiah lives in me. And that which I now live in the flesh I live by belief in the Son of Elohim, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Ephesians 1:4

even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be set-apart and blameless before Him, in love,

Ephesians 3:17

that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts through belief – having become rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:19

to know the love of Messiah which surpasses knowledge, in order that you might be filled to all the completeness of Elohim.

Ephesians 4:15

but, maintaining the truth in love, we grow up in all respects into Him who is the head, Messiah,

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 5:15

See then that you walk exactly, not as unwise, but as wise,

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

Deuteronomy 27:6

“Build the slaughter-place of יהוה your Elohim with complete stones, and you shall offer ascending offerings on it to יהוה your Elohim,

Philippians 4:18

Indeed I have all and more than enough. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditos what you sent, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable offering, well-pleasing to Elohim.

Colossians 3:14

But above all these put on love, which is a bond of the perfection.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

And it is not necessary to write to you about brotherly love, for you yourselves are taught by Elohim to love one another,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be witnessed in its own seasons,

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in belief, in cleanliness.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people, his own possession, ardent for good works.

Hebrews 8:3

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and slaughters. So it was also necessary for this One to have somewhat to offer.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of the Messiah, who through the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?

Hebrews 9:23

It was necessary, then, that the copies of the heavenly ones should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly ones themselves with better slaughter offerings than these.

Hebrews 9:26

For if so, He would have had to suffer often, since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the offering of Himself.

1 Peter 4:8

And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.

1 John 3:16

By this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 3:23

And this is His command, that we should believe in the Name of His Son יהושע Messiah and love one another, as He gave us command.

Revelation 1:5

and from יהושע Messiah, the trustworthy witness, the first-born from the dead, and the ruler of the sovereigns of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a renewed song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and have redeemed us to Elohim by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,