Ephesians 5:2

Weymouth NT

And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many.«

John 13:34

A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.

John 6:51

I am the living bread come down out of Heaven. If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever. Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given for the life of the world.«

Romans 15:16

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice –namely the Gentiles– may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) an offering which the Holy Spirit has made holy.

Romans 4:25

who was surrendered to death because of the offences we had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal secured for us.

Romans 8:3

For what was impossible to the Law –powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity– God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;

Romans 8:37

Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who has loved us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Let all that you do be done from motives of love.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Get rid of the old yeast so that you may be dough of a new kind; for in fact you are free from corruption. For our Passover Lamb has already been offered in sacrifice–even Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are a fragrance of Christ grateful to God in those whom He is saving and in those who are perishing;

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the condescending goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ–how for your sakes He became poor, though He was rich, in order that you through His poverty might grow rich.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself to suffer for our sins in order to rescue us from the present wicked age in accordance with the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.

Ephesians 1:4

even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,

Ephesians 3:19

yes, to attain to a knowledge of the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, so that you may be made complete in accordance with God's own standard of completeness.

Ephesians 4:15

But we shall lovingly hold to the truth, and shall in all respects grow up into union with Him who is our Head, even Christ.

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain,

Ephesians 5:15

Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

Ephesians 5:25

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Philippians 4:18

I have enough of everything –and more than enough. My wants are fully satisfied now that I have received from the hands of Epaphroditus the generous gifts which you sent me– they are a fragrant odor, an acceptable sacrifice, truly pleasing to God.

Colossians 3:14

And over all these put on love, which is the perfect bond of union;

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as the redemption price for all–a fact testified to at its own appointed time,

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one think slightingly of you because you are a young man; but in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, be an example for your fellow Christians to imitate.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us to purchase our freedom from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a people who should be specially His own, zealous for doing good works.

Hebrews 8:3

Every High Priest, however, is appointed to offer both bloodless gifts and sacrifices. Therefore this High Priest also must have some offering to present.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God?

Hebrews 9:23

It was needful therefore that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed in this way, but that the heavenly things themselves should be cleansed with more costly sacrifices.

Hebrews 9:26

In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is–through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.

1 John 3:23

And this is His command–that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,

Revelation 5:9

And now they sing a new song. »It is fitting,« they say, »that Thou shouldst be the One to take the book And break its seals; Because Thou hast been offered in sacrifice, And hast purchased for God with Thine own blood Some out of every tribe and language and people and nation,