Galatians 5:22-23

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
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What Galatians 5:22-23 means

‘Fruit’ is singular, not ‘fruits’ — one cluster with nine facets, grown rather than assembled. You do not manufacture patience the way you would tick off a task.

Paul sets this against a list of works of the flesh just before it. The contrast is between what human effort produces and what the Spirit grows in a person over time. Memorising all nine gives you a specific vocabulary for what God is actually cultivating in you.

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Questions about Galatians 5:22-23

What is the fruit of the Spirit?

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control — the character the Holy Spirit grows in a believer’s life.

Why is it ‘fruit’ and not ‘fruits’?

Because Paul writes it as a single cluster. These qualities grow together as one work of the Spirit, rather than being nine separate items to collect.

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