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Ephesians 5:2
Study it in the app“and walk in love, just as also the Messiah loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a pleasing aroma.”
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:2, word by word
- walkπεριπατεῖτεperipateite
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripateite” appears- loveἀγάπῃagapēi
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēi” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- lovedἠγάπησενēgapēsen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “ēgapēsen” appears- gaveπαρέδωκενparedōken
hand over
To put something or someone into another's hands.
Where else “paredōken” appears- an offeringπροσφορὰνprosphoran
offering
Offering: what is presented to God.
Where else “prosphoran” appears- sacrificeθυσίανthysian
offering of self
What one gives to God: one's life, one's praise.
Where else “thysian” appears- to Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- a pleasingεὐωδίαςeuōdias
fragrance
Fragrance, a pleasing scent.
Where else “euōdias” appears- aromaὀσμὴνosmēn
fragrance
Smell, fragrance; the perfume that spreads.
Where else “osmēn” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some manuscripts read “loved you … for you.”
The context
1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
2 · This verse (above)
3But sexual immorality and all impurity or greed, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?