Ephesians 5:2

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

Cross References (44)

  • John 13:34 (32)

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

  • Galatians 2:20 (28)

    I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by

  • Colossians 3:14 (24)

    And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:15 (20)

    For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

  • Matthew 20:28 (14)

    just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

  • 1 Corinthians 16:14 (13)

    Do everything in love.

  • Titus 2:14 (12)

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zeal

  • 1 Peter 4:8 (11)

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  • Hebrews 7:25–27 (10)

    Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for t

  • 1 Peter 2:21–24 (10)

    For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9 (9)

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you

  • John 15:12–13 (8)

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

  • 1 Timothy 2:6 (8)

    who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

  • Genesis 8:21 (8)

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve

  • Galatians 1:4 (7)

    who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  • Ephesians 4:15 (7)

    Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

  • 1 John 3:23 (6)

    And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another

  • Revelation 1:5 (6)

    and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Hi

  • 1 John 4:20–21 (6)

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has

  • Hebrews 9:14 (6)

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our co

  • 1 Timothy 4:12 (6)

    Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

  • Hebrews 9:26 (5)

    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once fo

  • Hebrews 10:10–12 (5)

    And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  • 1 John 3:16 (5)

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

  • Ephesians 3:17 (5)

    so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • Ephesians 4:2 (5)

    with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

  • 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 (5)

    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

  • 1 John 3:11–12 (5)

    This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

  • Leviticus 1:17 (5)

    He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop

  • Revelation 5:9 (4)

    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blo

  • Hebrews 9:23 (4)

    So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things

  • Leviticus 1:9 (4)

    The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a

  • Amos 5:21 (4)

    “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

  • Ephesians 3:19 (4)

    of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of G

  • Romans 4:25 (3)

    He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

  • Ephesians 5:25 (3)

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7 (3)

    Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has

  • Romans 14:15–16 (3)

    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brot

  • Romans 8:3 (3)

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likenes

  • Leviticus 1:13 (3)

    The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (2)

    Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love

  • Leviticus 3:16 (2)

    Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

  • Romans 8:37 (2)

    No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

  • John 6:51 (1)

    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, wh