11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 5:2
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.
Ephesians 5:2 in 11 translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a refreshing fragrance,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.
- YLT Young’s 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,
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| περιπατεῖτε | peripateite | walk | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἀγάπῃ | agapē | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| καθὼς | kathōs | just as | G2531 καθώς as/just as |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Χριστὸς | Christos | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| ἠγάπησεν | ēgapēsen | loved | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| παρέδωκεν | paredōken | gave Himself up | G3860 παραδίδωμι to deliver |
| ἑαυτὸν | heauton | — | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| ὑπὲρ | hyper | for | G5228 ὑπέρ above/for |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| προσφορὰν | prosphoran | offering | G4376 προσφορά offering |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| θυσίαν | thysian | sacrificial | G2378 θυσία sacrifice |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεῷ | Theō | to God | G2316 θεός God |
| εἰς | eis | as | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ὀσμὴν | osmēn | — | G3744 ὀσμή aroma |
| εὐωδίας | euōdias | a fragrant | G2175 εὐωδία aroma |
Related verses
- John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
- Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
- Matthew 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.
- Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- Hebrews 7:25–27
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them. For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
2 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.
3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
Read all of Ephesians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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