Ephesians 5:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Exodus 29:18

and turn the rest of the ram into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then you shall take them from their hands and turn them into smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering for a pleasing odor before the Lord. It is an offering by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:13

but the entrails and the legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall offer the rest and turn it into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

He shall tear it open by its wings without severing it. Then the priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

but its entrails and its legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall turn the rest into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:16

Then the priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as a food offering by fire for a pleasing odor. “All fat is the Lord’s.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Numbers 7:21

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

Matthew 20:28

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

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and 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 in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 4:25

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

Romans 8:3

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the 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 generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Galatians 1:4

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

Galatians 2:20

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 1:4

just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being 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

but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Ephesians 4:2

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

Ephesians 5:15

Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,

Ephesians 5:25

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

Deuteronomy 27:6

You must build the altar of the Lord your God of unhewn stones. Then offer up burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God;

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:14

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another,

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself a ransom for all —this was attested at the right time.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Titus 2:14

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Hebrews 8:3

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also 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 conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need 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 as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

1 John 3:23

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

Revelation 1:5

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

Revelation 5:9

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;