Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God — the supreme ethical imperative: mimeomai ('imitate') theon ('God') as tekna agapēta ('beloved children'), peripateuō ('walk') en agapē ('in love'), kata to paradeigma ('according to the pattern') of Christ's agapē ('love'), his paradidōmi ('self-giving'), defined as osphrē euōdias ('fragrant offering,' aroma of thanksgiving) kai thusia theō ('and sacrifice to God').

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