Parallel Verses
Worrell New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us,
International Standard Version
Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.
A Conservative Version
And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.
An Understandable Version
Live in a loving way, just like Christ loved us and gave Himself up [to die] for us as an offering and fragrant smelling sacrifice to God.
Anderson New Testament
and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.
Bible in Basic English
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
Common New Testament
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.
Goodspeed New Testament
and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
John Wesley New Testament
as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet-smelling savour.
Julia Smith Translation
And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.
King James 2000
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling fragrance.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.
Modern King James verseion
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and walk in love even as Christ loved us, and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet savour to God.
Moffatt New Testament
and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Montgomery New Testament
and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
NET Bible
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
New Heart English Bible
And 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.
Noyes New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet odor.
Sawyer New Testament
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God of good odor.
The Emphasized Bible
And walk in love - even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a sweet smell.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'
Webster
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 sweet-smelling savor.
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
and practice living in love, just as Christ loved you too and gave Himself for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
World English Bible
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Worsley New Testament
even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.
Youngs Literal Translation
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
Themes
The atonement » Exhibits the » Love of Christ
The atonement » Acceptable to God
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » The offering of Christ
Christ » Reproves » Sacrifice of
Christ » Jesus Christ, Love Of » Sacrificial
Christian conduct » Loving one another
The death of Christ » Acceptable, as a sacrifice to God
Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Love
Incense » Figurative » Of an acceptable sacrifice
Love of Christ » To be imitated
Love to man » After the example of Christ
Offerings » Animal sacrifices » A type of Christ
Offerings » Illustrative of » Christ's offering of himself
Sacrifices » Were typical of Christ's sacrifice
Jesus Christ, Savior » Offered himself as a sacrifice
Vicarious suffering » Of Christ » Offered himself as a sacrifice
Topics
Interlinear
hemas
ἡμῶν
hemon
Usage: 388
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Paradidomi
heautou
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:2
Prayers for Ephesians 5:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Imitators Of God
1 Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints;
Cross References
John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; even as I loved you, that ye love one another.
Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His soul a ransom for many."
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; and no longer am I living, but Christ is living in me; and, in so far as I am now living in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
Colossians 3:14
and over all these put on love, which is the uniting-bond of perfectness.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Romans 8:3
For, what was impossible under law, wherein it was weak through the flesh. God, sending His Own Son in likeness of sinful flesh, and, respecting sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
2 Corinthians 2:15
because we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those who are being saved, and in those who are perishing;
2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,
Hebrews 9:26
else had it been needful for Him ofttimes to suffer since the founding of a world; but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, He hath been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him Who loveth, and loosed us from our sins in His own blood,
John 6:51
I am the Living Bread That came down out of Heaven: if any one eat of This Bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the Bread That I will give him is My flesh, for the life of the world."
John 15:12-13
This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I loved you.
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our trespasses, and raised for our justification.
Romans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.
Romans 14:15-16
For, if because of your food your brother is aggrieved, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;
1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all your affairs be carried on in love.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died:
Galatians 1:4
Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father;
Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that ye, having been rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:19
and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
Ephesians 4:15
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, Who is the Head, Christ;
1 Thessalonians 4:9
But concerning brotherly love, ye have no need that one write to you; for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony for its own times,
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.
Hebrews 7:25-27
Whence also He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, since He is ever living to intercede in their behalf.
Hebrews 9:23
There was, therefore, a necessity that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 10:10-12
in which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 2:21-24
For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;
1 Peter 4:8
above all things, having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins;
1 John 3:11-12
because this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
1 John 3:16
In this we have known the love, that He laid down His soul in our behalf; and we ought to lay down our souls in behalf of the brethren.
1 John 3:23
And this is the commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
1 John 4:20-21
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God Whom he has not seen.
Revelation 5:9
And they sing a new song, saying, "Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open its seals; because Thou wast slain, and didst redeem to God, by Thy blood, some of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;