Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Ephesians 5:2

Context
NET ©

and live 1  in love, just as Christ also loved us 2  and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering 3  to God.

NIV ©

and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

NASB ©

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

NLT ©

Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to him.

MSG ©

Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

BBE ©

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

NRSV ©

and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

NKJV ©

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet–smelling aroma.


KJV
And
<2532>
walk
<4043> (5720)
in
<1722>
love
<26>_,
as
<2531>
Christ
<5547>
also
<2532>
hath loved
<25> (5656)
us
<2248>_,
and
<2532>
hath given
<3860> (5656)
himself
<1438>
for
<5228>
us
<2257>
an offering
<4376>
and
<2532>
a sacrifice
<2378>
to God
<2316>
for
<1519>
a sweetsmelling
<2175>
savour
<3744>_.
NASB ©
and walk
<4043>
in love
<26>
, just
<2531>
as Christ
<5547>
also
<2532>
loved
<25>
you and gave
<3860>
Himself
<1438>
up for us, an offering
<4376>
and a sacrifice
<2378>
to God
<2316>
as a fragrant
<2175>
aroma
<3744>
.
GREEK
kai
<2532>
CONJ
peripateite
<4043> (5720)
V-PAM-2P
en
<1722>
PREP
agaph
<26>
N-DSF
kaywv
<2531>
ADV
kai
<2532>
CONJ
o
<3588>
T-NSM
cristov
<5547>
N-NSM
hgaphsen
<25> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
umav
<5209>
P-2AP
kai
<2532>
CONJ
paredwken
<3860> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
eauton
<1438>
F-3ASM
uper
<5228>
PREP
umwn
<5216>
P-2GP
prosforan
<4376>
N-ASF
kai
<2532>
CONJ
yusian
<2378>
N-ASF
tw
<3588>
T-DSM
yew
<2316>
N-DSM
eiv
<1519>
PREP
osmhn
<3744>
N-ASF
euwdiav
<2175>
N-GSF
NET © [draft] ITL
and
<2532>
live
<4043>
in
<1722>
love
<26>
, just as
<2531>
Christ
<5547>
also
<2532>
loved
<25>
us
<5209>
and
<2532>
gave
<3860>
himself
<1438>
for
<5228>
us
<5216>
, a sacrificial
<2378>
and
<2532>
fragrant
<3744>

<2175>
offering
<4376>
to God
<2316>
.
NET ©

and live 1  in love, just as Christ also loved us 2  and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering 3  to God.

NET © Notes

tn Grk “walk.” The NT writers often used the verb “walk” (περιπατέω, peripatew) to refer to ethical conduct (cf. Rom 8:4; Gal 5:16; Col 4:5).

tc A number of important witnesses have ὑμᾶς (Jumas, “you”; e.g., א* A B P 0159 81 1175 al it co as well as several fathers). Other, equally important witnesses read ἡμᾶς (Jhmas, “us”; Ì46 א2 D F G Ψ 0278 33 1739 1881 al lat sy). It is possible that ἡμᾶς was accidentally introduced via homoioarcton with the previous word (ἠγάπησεν, hgaphsen). On the other hand, ὑμᾶς may have been motivated by the preceding ὑμῖν (Jumin) in 4:32 and second person verbs in 5:1, 2. Further, the flow of argument seems to require the first person pronoun. A decision is difficult to make, but the first person pronoun has a slightly greater probability of being original.

tn Grk “an offering and sacrifice to God as a smell of fragrance.” The first expression, προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν (prosforan kai qusian), is probably a hendiadys and has been translated such that “sacrificial” modifies “offering.” The second expression, εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας (ei" osmhn euwdia", “as a smell of fragrance”) has been translated as “a fragrant offering”; see BDAG 728-29 s.v. ὀσμή 2. Putting these two together in a clear fashion in English yields the translation: “a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.”



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