Ephesians 5:2

New English Translation

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

Exodus 29:18

and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then you are to take them from their hands and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:13

Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:16

Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma – all the fat belongs to the Lord.

Amos 5:21

“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

Numbers 7:21

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

John 13:34

“I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.

Romans 8:3

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

1 Corinthians 16:14

Everything you do should be done in love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

2 Corinthians 8:9

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

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 1:4

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:19

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

Ephesians 4:15

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

Ephesians 4:2

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

Ephesians 5:15

Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise,

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Deuteronomy 27:6

You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.

Philippians 4:18

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:14

And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

Hebrews 8:3

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

Hebrews 9:23

So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:16

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

1 John 3:23

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

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

Revelation 5:9

They were singing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.