Ephesians 5:2

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. AND - in proof that you are so. WALK - resuming Ephesians 4:1, "walk worthy of the vocation," etc. In this consists the imitation. AS CHRIST ALSO HATH LOVED. From the love of the Father he passes to that of the Son, in whom God most endearingly manifests His love to us. US. 'Aleph (') B read 'you:' A Delta G f g, Vulgate, "us." GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US, [ paredooken (G3860)] - 'gave Himself up (namely, to death Galatians 2:20) for ...

2._And walk in love as Christ also hath loved us. _Having called on us to imitate God, he now calls on us to imitate Christ, who is our true model. We ought to embrace each other with that love with which Christ has embraced us, for what we perceive in Christ is our true guide. _And gave himself for us. _This was a remarkable proof of the highest love. Forgetful, as it were, of himself, Christ spared not his own life, that he might redeem us from death. If we desire to be partakers of this benefit, we must cultivate similar affections toward our neighbors. Not that any of us has reached such high perfection, but all must aim and strive according to the measure of their ability. _An offering and a sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling savor. _While this statement leads us to admire the grace of Christ, it bears directly on the present subject. No language, indeed, can fully represent the...

1,2 Because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you, therefore be ye followers of God, imitators of God. Resemble him especially in his love and pardoning goodness, as becomes those beloved by their heavenly Father. In Christ's sacrifice his love triumphs, and we are to consider it fully....

Verse Ephesians 5:2. _AND WALK IN LOVE_] Let every act of life be dictated by love to God and man. _AS CHRIST - HATH LOVED US_] Laying down your lives for your brethren if necessary; counting nothing too difficult to be done in order to promote their eternal salvation. _HATH GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US_] Christ hath died in our stead, and become thereby a sacrifice for our sins. _AN OFFERING_] προσφορα. An oblation, an eucharistic offering; the same as מנחה _minchah_, Leviticus 2:1, c., which is explained to be _an offering made unto the Lord, of fine flour, with oil and_ _frankincense_. It means, any offering by which _gratitude_ was expressed for temporal blessings received from the _bounty_

AND WALK IN LOVE - That is, let your lives be characterized by love; let that be evinced in all your deportment and conversation; see notes on John 13:34. AS CHRIST ALSO HATH LOVED US - We are to evince the same love for one another which he has done for us. He showed his love by giving himself to die for us, and we should evince similar love to one another; 1 John 3:16. AND HATH GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US - “As Christ also hath loved us.” We are to evince the same love for one another which he has done for us He showed his love by giving himself to die for us, and we should evince similar love to one another; 1 John 3:16.

EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 5:1 BE YE THEREFORE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS CHILDREN BELOVED. These words are closely connected with the preceding. In Ephesians 4:32 he had urged the example of God in one very momentous matter; he now urges it in a more general sense and on another ground. We ought to forgive men because God has forgiven us—all admit that; but moreover, we ought to imitate our Father in his forgiveness and in his loving spirit, be-because beloved children should always imitate, and will always strive to imitate, what is good in a beloved father. Forgiving love is one of the great glories of our Father; it has been made peculiarly attractive in our eyes, because it has been exercised by him towards us; every consideration, therefore, ought to ind

AND WALK IN LOVE,.... To God; to which the saints are obliged, not only by the law of God, which requires it, but by the goodness of God, and the discoveries of his love to them; and which shows itself in fearing to offend him, in a conformity to his will, in making his glory the chief end of all actions, and in loving all that belong to him: and also the saints should walk in love to Christ; who is to be loved fervently, constantly, in sincerity, with all the heart, and above all creatures and things; because of the loveliness of his person, the love he bears to them, and the things he has done for them, and the relations he stands in to them; and which is manifested in keeping his commands, in delighting in his presence, and in a concern at his absence: and also they should walk in love to one another, which is chiefly designed; which is Christ's new commandment, and is an evidence of...

Ephesians 5:1. _Be ye therefore followers of God,_ Or, imitators of God,- Ephesians 5:1. _As dear children;_ Children are naturally imitators. They are usually inclined to imitate their father; this is, therefore, a most comely and appropriate precept: «Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children.» Ephesians 5:2. _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._ What a path to walk in! «Walk in love.» What a well-paved way it is! «As Christ also hath loved us.» What a blessed Person for us to follow in that divinely royal road! It would have been hard

EPHESIANS 5:2 h`ma/j {B} The external evidence supporting the two readings is rather evenly balanced (h`ma/j î46 ac D G K Y 33 614 1739 itpt vg syrp, h goth arm _al_; u`ma/j a* A B P 81 itpt copsa, bo eth _al_), with a slight preponderance of weight favoring h`ma/j. Since the following set of variant readings seems to require the adoption of the reading h`mw/n, a majority of the Committee felt that uniformity of the personal pronoun in two successive clauses joined by kai, was indispensable, and therefore preferred...

3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Chapter S 4:17-5:21 _ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_ 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5:1) 4. Exhortations (Ephesians 5:3) At this point the exhortations to walk in separation begin. The “therefore” of Ephesians 4:17 refers us to the “wherefore” of Ephesians 2:11. What Gentiles are in their natural c