Ephesians 5:2
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 13:34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Read in contextColossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
Read in contextMatthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all your things be done with charity.
Read in contextTitus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Read in context1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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