Ephesians 5:2
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ἀγαπάω
Love
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ἀγαπάω
Not the love of emotion or feeling — this is the love of will and choice. God did not love the world because it was loveable. He loved it because that is who He is. Agapao is love that gives everything without expecting anything back.
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παραδίδωμι
gave up
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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θυσία
a sacrifice
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θυσία
Sacrifice, offering. Thusia. Present your bodies as a living sacrifice. The sacrifice God wants is not an animal on an altar. It is a life fully surrendered to His purposes.
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θεός
to God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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προσφορά
Offering
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προσφορά
Offering, sacrifice brought forward. Prosphora. He has been offered once to bear the sins of many. The offering of Jesus was complete and final. Nothing more is required.
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περιπατέω
do walk
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περιπατέω
To walk, to live, to conduct oneself. Peripateo. Walk worthy of the calling to which you have been called. How you live is the walking commentary on what you believe.
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ὀσμή
an aroma
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ὀσμή
A smell, an odour, a fragrance. We are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved. Your life has a spiritual fragrance. Make it sweet.
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ἑαυτοῦ
himself
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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εὐωδία
of a sweet smell.
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εὐωδία
good-scentedness, i.e. fragrance
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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