Ephesians 5:2

New American Bible - revised edition

and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the sweet odor, the Lord said to himself: Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, since the desires of the human heart are evil from youth; nor will I ever again strike down every living being, as I have done.

Exodus 29:18

Then you shall burn the entire ram on the altar, since it is a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

After you receive them back from their hands, you shall burn them on top of the burnt offering on the altar as a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:13

but the inner organs and the shanks shall be washed with water. The priest shall then offer all of it, burning it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

Then, having torn the bird open by its wings without separating the halves, the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood and the embers. It is a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

but the inner organs and the shanks shall be washed with water. The priest shall then burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:16

The priest shall burn these on the altar as food, a sweet-smelling oblation. All the fat belongs to the Lord.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your feasts, I take no pleasure in your solemnities.

Numbers 7:21

one bull from the herd, one ram, and one yearling lamb for a burnt offering;

Matthew 20:28

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification.

Romans 8:3

For what the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless to do, this God has done: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for the sake of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Your every act should be done with love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ and manifests through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the aroma of Christ for God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 2:20

yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me.

Ephesians 1:4

as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:19

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

Ephesians 4:15

Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ,

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,

Ephesians 5:15

Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise,

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her

Deuteronomy 27:6

You shall build this altar of the Lord, your God, with unhewn stones, and shall offer on it burnt offerings to the Lord, your God.

Philippians 4:18

I have received full payment and I abound. I am very well supplied because of what I received from you through Epaphroditus, “a fragrant aroma,” an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:14

And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

On the subject of mutual charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as ransom for all. This was the testimony at the proper time.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Hebrews 8:3

Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

Hebrews 9:23

Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified by these rites, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:26

if that were so, he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now once for all he has appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin by his sacrifice.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:16

The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:23

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

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.