Ephesians 5:2

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Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Exodus 29:18

Then burn the whole ram on the altar. It’s a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. It’s a soothing aroma in the Lord’s presence, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:13

Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

Then pull on the bird’s wings to tear the bird open, but don’t pull the wings off. Then the priest will lay the bird on the wood burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.”

Leviticus 1:9

Wash the internal organs and legs. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:16

Then the priest will burn them on the altar. It is food, an offering by fire to the Lord. It is a soothing aroma. All the fat belongs to the Lord.

Amos 5:21

I hate your festivals; I despise them. I’m not pleased with your religious assemblies.

Numbers 7:21

a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering;

Matthew 20:28

It’s the same way with the Son of Man. He didn’t come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

John 13:34

“I’m giving you a new commandment: Love each other in the same way that I have loved you.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh.”

Romans 15:16

to be a servant of Christ Jesus to people who are not Jewish. I serve as a priest by spreading the Good News of God. I do this in order that I might bring the nations to God as an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

Jesus, our Lord, was handed over to death because of our failures and was brought back to life so that we could receive God’s approval.

Romans 8:3

It is impossible to do what God’s standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.

Romans 8:37

The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Do everything with love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Remove the old yeast ⌞of sin⌟ so that you may be a new batch of dough, since you don’t actually have the yeast ⌞of sin⌟. Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But I thank God, who always leads us in victory because of Christ. Wherever we go, God uses us to make clear what it means to know Christ. It’s like a fragrance that fills the air.

2 Corinthians 2:15

To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are saved and among those who are dying.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know about the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor in order to make you rich through his poverty.

Galatians 1:4

In order to free us from this present evil world, Christ took the punishment for our sins, because that was what our God and Father wanted.

Galatians 2:20

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.

Ephesians 1:4

Before the creation of the world, he chose us through Christ to be holy and perfect in his presence.

Ephesians 3:17

Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation.

Ephesians 3:19

You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God.

Ephesians 4:15

Instead, as we lovingly speak the truth, we will grow up completely in our relationship to Christ, who is the head.

Ephesians 4:2

Be humble and gentle in every way. Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other.

Ephesians 5:15

So then, be very careful how you live. Don’t live like foolish people but like wise people.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

Deuteronomy 27:6

You must use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God. Sacrifice burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

Philippians 4:18

You have paid me in full, and I have more than enough. Now that Epaphroditus has brought me your gifts, you have filled my needs. Your gifts are a soothing aroma, a sacrifice that God accepts and with which he is pleased.

Colossians 3:14

Above all, be loving. This ties everything together perfectly.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

You don’t need anyone to write to you about the way Christians should love each other. God has taught you to love each other.

1 Timothy 2:6

He sacrificed himself for all people to free them from their sins. This message is valid for every era.

1 Timothy 4:12

Don’t let anyone look down on you for being young. Instead, make your speech, behavior, love, faith, and purity an example for other believers.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.

Hebrews 8:3

Every chief priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this chief priest had to offer something.

Hebrews 9:14

The blood of Christ, who had no defect, does even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself to God and cleansed our consciences from the useless things we had done. Now we can serve the living God.

Hebrews 9:23

The copies of the things in heaven had to be cleansed by these sacrifices. But the heavenly things themselves had to be cleansed by better sacrifices.

Hebrews 9:26

Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once to remove sin by his sacrifice.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other warmly, because love covers many sins.

1 John 3:16

We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers.

1 John 3:23

This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever  belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.