Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 5:2

"and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell." — Ephesians 5:2 (ASV)

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 for us to tread this way of love, if it had not been that his blessed feet marked out the track for us. We are to love as Christ also hath loved us, and the question which will often solve difficulties is this, "What would Jesus Christ do in my case?"

What he would have done, that we may do: Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us. And if we want to know how far that love may be carried, we need not be afraid of going too far in self-denial; we may even make a sacrifice of ourselves for love of God and men, for here is our model: As Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.