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Ephesians 5:1-2 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verses 1–2
1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2And 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.Ephesians 5:1-2 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:1-2 in context
1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2And 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.
3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 John 4:11
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
- Ephesians 4:32
- Matthew 5:48
- Luke 6:35-36
- Colossians 3:12
- Leviticus 11:45
- 1 John 3:1-2
- John 13:34
- Galatians 2:20
- Colossians 3:14
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
Key words (Strong's)
- sweetsmellingeuōdiaa sweet smell, fragrance, a fragrant or sweet smelling thing, incense, on odour or…G2175 →
- followersmimētēsan imitatorG3402 →
- sacrificethysiaa sacrifice, victimG2378 →
- offeringprosphorathe act of offering, a bringing to, that which is offered, a gift, a present. In the NT a…G4376 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- lovedagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- givenparadidōmito give into the hands , to give over into power or use, to deliver to one something to…G3860 →
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Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the last verses of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these verses, thus: "Because God, for…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2