Ephesians 5:2

Ephesians 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Context of Ephesians 5:2

1Be 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. 3But 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. 4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:2 word by word

καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.¶Read the interlinear

• andκαίkai · andG2532
• walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• just asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• lovedἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• gave Himself upπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• gave Himself upἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• asεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a fragrantὀσμήosmē · aromaG3744
• a fragrantεὐωδίαeuōdia · aromaG2175
• sacrificialθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• offeringπροσφοράprosphora · offeringG4376
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:2

• Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Ephesians 4:2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
• John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
• Romans 14:16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
• 1 Corinthians 16:14Do everything in love.
• Colossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
• 1 Timothy 4:12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
• 1 John 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Ephesians 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Commentaries on Ephesians 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And walk in love - Let every act of life be dictated by love to God and man. As Christ - hath loved us - Laying down your lives for your brethren if necessary; counting nothing too difficult to be done in order to promote their eternal salvation. Hath given himself for us - Christ hath died in our stead, and become thereby a sacrifice for our sins. An offering - · An oblation, an eucharistic offering; the same as מנחה minchah, Leviticus 2:1, etc., which…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And walk in love - That is, let your lives be characterized by love; let that be evinced in all your deportment and conversation; see notes on John 13:34. As Christ also hath loved us - We are to evince the same love for one another which he has done for us. He showed his love by giving himself to die for us, and we should evince similar love to one another; 1 John 3:16. And hath given himself for us - “As Christ also hath loved us.” We are to evince the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Christ's love is shown especially in his sacrifice for us (compare 5:25; John 15:13; Romans 5:8). Christian love follows Christ's example of sacrificial love (see Philippians 2:5–8). Paul uses Old Testament imagery, where the smell of a burning fragrant sacrificial offering was pleasing to God (see Leviticus 1:9; 2:2; compare Romans 12:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And--in proof that you are so. walk in love--resuming Ep 4:1, "walk worthy of the vocation." as Christ ... loved us--From the love of the Father he passes to the love of the Son, in whom God most endearingly manifests His love to us. given himself for us--Greek, "given Himself up (namely, to death, Ga 2:20) for us," that is, in our behalf: not here vicarious substitution, though that is indirectly implied, "in our stead." The offerer, and the offering…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 5:2

• Atonement
• Commandments
• Example
• Fellowship
• Incense
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Offerings
• Redemption
• Suffering
• Walking

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• God
• Christ, Messiah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Arise
• Awake
• Dear
• Fellowship
• Flesh
• Fruit

Commentaries on Ephesians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings