What are the fruits of the Spirit?
What are the fruits of the Spirit? The fruits of the Spirit are nine qualities — love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance — produced in believers by the Holy Spirit.
Key verse: Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)
The fruits of the Spirit are nine qualities — love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance — produced in believers by the Holy Spirit.
The fruits of the Spirit are nine qualities — love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance — produced in believers by the Holy Spirit.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." — Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)
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Paul lists the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 as evidence of a life led by the Holy Spirit, contrasting them with the 'works of the flesh.' Unlike spiritual gifts which are distributed individually, the fruit of the Spirit represents character qualities that should mark every believer's life. These are not produced by human effort alone but grow as believers abide in Christ and yield to the Spirit's work. Jesus used the metaphor of a vine and branches to teach that fruitfulness comes from remaining connected to Him.
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"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."
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