Ephesians 5:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.

Cross References

John 13:34

But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you.

Galatians 2:20

I have died, but Christ lives in me. And I now live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

Colossians 3:14

Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.

2 Corinthians 2:15

In fact, God thinks of us as a perfume that brings Christ to everyone. For people who are being saved, this perfume has a sweet smell and leads them to a better life. But for people who are lost, it has a bad smell and leads them to a horrible death. No one really has what it takes to do this work.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Show love in everything you do.

Matthew 20:28

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

1 Peter 4:8

Most important of all, you must sincerely love each other, because love wipes away many sins.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know our Lord Jesus Christ treated us with undeserved grace by giving up all his riches, so you could become rich.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased the Lord, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Revelation 1:5

May kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Jesus was the first to conquer death, and he is the ruler of all earthly kings. Christ loves us, and by his blood he set us free from our sins.

Hebrews 9:26

If he had offered himself every year, he would have suffered many times since the creation of the world. But instead, near the end of time he offered himself once and for all, so he could be a sacrifice that does away with sin.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. This is why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

1 Timothy 2:6

God showed us this at the right time.

Ephesians 4:15

Love should always make us tell the truth. Then we will grow in every way and be more like Christ, the head

1 John 3:23

God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.

1 Timothy 4:12

Don't let anyone make fun of you, just because you are young. Set an example for other followers by what you say and do, as well as by your love, faith, and purity.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

We don't have to write you about the need to love each other. God has taught you to do this,

Ephesians 4:2

Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love.

Galatians 1:4

Christ obeyed God our Father and gave himself as a sacrifice for our sins to rescue us from this evil world.

Leviticus 1:17

Finally, he will take the bird by its wings, tear it partially open, and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You are worthy to receive the scroll and open its seals, because you were killed. And with your own blood you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

Hebrews 9:23

These things are only copies of what is in heaven, and so they had to be made holy by these ceremonies. But the real things in heaven must be made holy by something better.

Ephesians 3:19

I want you to know all about Christ's love, although it is too wonderful to be measured. Then your lives will be filled with all that God is.

Romans 8:3

The Law of Moses cannot do this, because our selfish desires make the Law weak. But God set you free when he sent his own Son to be like us sinners and to be a sacrifice for our sin. God used Christ's body to condemn sin.

Amos 5:21

I, the Lord, hate and despise your religious celebrations and your times of worship.

Ephesians 5:25

A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Get rid of the old yeast! Then you will be like fresh bread made without yeast, and this is what you are. Our Passover lamb is Christ, who has already been sacrificed.

Romans 4:25

God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.

John 6:51

I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live forever. My flesh is the life-giving bread I give to the people of this world.

Romans 8:37

In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us.

Leviticus 3:16

One of the priests will put these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering with a smell that pleases me. All fat belongs to me.

Exodus 29:18

Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Exodus 29:25

After this, put the meat and bread on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Romans 15:16

He chose me to be a servant of Christ Jesus for the Gentiles and to do the work of a priest in the service of his good news. God did this so that the Holy Spirit could make the Gentiles into a holy offering, pleasing to him.

2 Corinthians 2:14

I am grateful that God always makes it possible for Christ to lead us to victory. God also helps us spread the knowledge about Christ everywhere, and this knowledge is like the smell of perfume.

Ephesians 1:4

Before the world was created, God had Christ choose us to live with him and to be his holy and innocent and loving people.

Ephesians 5:15

Act like people with good sense and not like fools.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts you sent with Epaphroditus. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

Hebrews 8:3

Since all priests must offer gifts and sacrifices, Christ also needed to have something to offer.

Deuteronomy 27:6

Look for stones that can be used without being cut. Then offer sacrifices to please the Lord, burning them completely on the altar.