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Ephesians 5:2

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2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

KJV

2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

BSB

2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us [+] and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

FBV

2Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.

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Extra References

John 13:34

34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.


Galatians 2:20

20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.


Colossians 3:14

14Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.


2 Corinthians 2:15

15For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God in those who are saved and in those who perish:


Matthew 20:28

28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”


1 Corinthians 16:14

14Let all that you do be done in love.


Titus 2:14

14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.


1 Peter 4:8

8And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.


Hebrews 7:25-27

25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.


1 Peter 2:21-24

21For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you[+] an example, that you should follow his steps, 22who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.