Ephesians 5:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God.

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  • John 13:34 : 34 A newe commaundement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.
  • Col 3:14 : 14 And aboue all these thinges put on loue, which is the bond of perfectnes.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ, but I liue, yet not I any more, but Christ liueth in me: and in that that I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God, who hath loued me, and giuen him selfe for me.
  • John 15:12-13 : 12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you. 13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lord smelled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For (that that was impossible to ye Lawe, in as much as it was weake, because of ye flesh) God sending his owne Sonne, in ye similitude of sinful flesh, & for sinne, condened sinne in the flesh,
  • 2 Cor 2:15 : 15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shal the blood of Christ which through the eternall Spirit offered himselfe without fault to God, purge your conscience from dead workes, to serue the liuing God?
  • Heb 9:26 : 26 (For then must he haue often suffred since the foundation of the world) but now in the end of the world hath he bene made manifest, once to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him selfe.
  • Heb 10:10-12 : 10 By the which wil we are sanctified, euen by the offring of the body of Iesus Christ once made. 11 And euery Priest standeth dayly ministring, and oft times offreth one maner of offring, which can neuer take away sinnes: 12 But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sinnes, sitteth for euer at the right hand of God,
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes. 22 Who did no sinne, neither was there guile found in his mouth. 23 Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously. 24 Who his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we being dead to sinne, should liue in righteousnesse: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christ, which is that faithful witnes, and that first begotten of the dead, & that Prince of the Kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, & washed vs from our sinnes in his blood,
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthie to take the Booke, and to open the seales thereof, because thou wast killed, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood out of euery kinred, and tongue, and people, and nation,
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Let all your things be done in loue.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.
  • 1 John 3:11-12 : 11 For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should loue one another, 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement.
  • 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene? 21 And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 It was then necessary, that the similitudes of heauenly things should be purified with such things: but the heauenly things them selues are purified with better sacrifices then are these.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gaue himselfe a ransome for all men, to be that testimonie in due time,
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
  • Heb 7:25-27 : 25 Wherefore, hee is able also perfectly to saue them that come vnto God by him, seeing he euer liueth, to make intercession for them. 26 For such an hie Priest it became vs to haue, which is holy, harmelesse, vndefiled, separate from sinners, and made hier then the heauens: 27 Which needeth not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that did he once, when he offered vp himselfe.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For that loue of Christ constraineth vs, 15 Because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead, and he died for all, that they which liue, shoulde not henceforth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.
  • Rom 14:15-16 : 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed. 16 Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your heartes by faith:
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 And to knowe the loue of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all fulnesse of God.
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all humblenesse of minde, and meekenesse, with long suffering, supporting one an other through loue,
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But let vs folowe the truth in loue, and in all things, grow vp into him, which is the head, that is, Christ.
  • Lev 1:9 : 9 But the inwardes thereof and the legges thereof he shall wash in water, and the Priest shal burne all on the altar: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
  • Lev 1:13 : 13 But he shall wash the inwardes, and the legges with water, and the Priest shall offer the whole & burne it vpon the altar: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
  • Lev 1:17 : 17 And he shall cleaue it with his wings, but not deuide it asunder: and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar vpon the wood that is in the fire: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.
  • Lev 3:16 : 16 So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes.
  • Amos 5:21 : 21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes, and I wil not smell in your solemne assemblies.
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am that liuing breade, which came downe from heauen: if any man eate of this breade, hee shall liue for euer: and the bread that I will giue, is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world.
  • Rom 4:25 : 25 Who was deliuered to death for our sinnes, and is risen againe for our iustification.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,
  • 1 Cor 5:7 : 7 Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a newe lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Christ our Passeouer is sacrificed for vs.

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    15For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish.

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    28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

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    6As ye haue therefore receiued Christ Iesus the Lord, so walke in him,

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    8But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

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    32Be ye courteous one to another, & tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.

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    16Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.

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    17This I say therefore and testifie in the Lorde, that yee hencefoorth walke not as other Gentiles walke, in vanitie of their minde,

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    6He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.

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