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Ephesians 5:2

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Love for othersThe cross and atonementJesus ChristFollowing Jesus

1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

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

3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

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BSB
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
Walk 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.
ASV
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
DARBY
and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
BLB
and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us [as] an offering and a sacrifice to God, into a fragrance of a sweet smell.
ÅB
og vandre i kjærlighet, slik som Kristus elsket dere og gav seg selv for oss som en gave og et offer, Gud til en velbehagelig duft.
OTB
og vandre i kjærlighetens vei, slik som Kristus elsket dere og ga seg selv for oss som en velluktende offergave og et offer til Gud.
B1930
og vandre i kjærlighet, likesom Kristus elsket eder og gav sig selv for oss som en gave og et offer, Gud til en velbehagelig duft.

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