Ephesians 5:2

love. App-135.

Christ. App-98.

hath loved. loved. App-135.

us. The texts read "you".

hath given. gave up. Compare Romans 4:25.John 19:30.

sweetsmelling savour. an odour of. sweet smell.

sweetsmelling. Greek. euodia. See 2 Corinthians 2:15.

savour. Greek. ocme. Compare John 12:3.

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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.

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 5:2

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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