Galatians 5:22

Galatians 5:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• New International Version (NIV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Context of Galatians 5:22

20idolatry, drug use, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambition, conflict, factions, 21envy, drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things. I’ve told you in the past and I’m telling you again that people who do these kinds of things will not inherit God’s kingdom. But the spiritual nature produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. There are no laws against things like that. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their corrupt nature along with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:22 word by word

ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• the fruitκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
• of the Spiritὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• joyχαράchara · joyG5479
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• longsufferingμακροθυμίαmakrothumia · patienceG3115
• gentlenessχρηστότηςchrēstotēs · kindnessG5544
• goodnessἀγαθωσύνηagathōsunē · goodnessG19
• faithπίστιςpistis · faith: faithfulnessG4102

Cross-references for Galatians 5:22

• Galatians 5:16Let me explain further. Live your life as your spiritual nature directs you. Then you will never follow through on what your corrupt nature wants.
• Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted beside streams— a tree that produces fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither. He succeeds in everything he does.
• Psalms 92:14Even when they are old, they still bear fruit. They are always healthy and fresh.
• Hosea 14:8“The people of Ephraim will have nothing more to do with idols. I will answer them and take care of them. I am like a growing pine tree. Their fruit comes from me.”
• Matthew 12:33“Make a tree good, and then its fruit will be good. Or make a tree rotten, and then its fruit will be rotten. A person can recognize a tree by its fruit.
• Luke 8:14The seeds that were planted among thornbushes are people who hear the word, but as life goes on the worries, riches, and pleasures of life choke them. So they don’t produce anything good.
• Luke 13:9Maybe next year it’ll have figs. But if not, then cut it down.’ ”
• John 15:2He removes every one of my branches that doesn’t produce fruit. He also prunes every branch that does produce fruit to make it produce more fruit.
• Romans 6:22Now you have been freed from sin and have become God’s slaves. This results in a holy life and, finally, in everlasting life.
• Romans 7:4In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants.
• Ephesians 5:9Light produces everything that is good, that has God’s approval, and that is true.
• Philippians 1:11Jesus Christ will fill your lives with everything that God’s approval produces. Your lives will then bring glory and praise to God.
• Colossians 1:10We ask this so that you will live the kind of lives that prove you belong to the Lord. Then you will want to please him in every way as you grow in producing every kind of good work by this knowledge about God.
• Galatians 5:13You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don’t turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love.
• Romans 5:2Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favor. So we brag because of our confidence that we will receive glory from God.
• Romans 12:9Love sincerely. Hate evil. Hold on to what is good.

Commentaries on Galatians 5:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22But the fruit of the Spirit - Both flesh - the sinful dispositions of the human heart and spirit - the changed or purified state of the soul, by the grace and Spirit of God, are represented by the apostle as trees, one yielding good the other bad fruit; the productions of each being according to the nature of the tree, as the tree is according to the nature of the seed from which it sprung. The bad seed produced a bad tree, yielding all manner of bad…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22But the fruit of the Spirit - That which the Holy Spirit produces. It is not without design, evidently, that the apostle uses the word “Spirit” here, as denoting that these things do not flow from our own nature. The vices above enumerated are the proper “works” or result of the operations of the human heart; the virtues which he enumerates are produced by a foreign influence - the agency of the Holy Spirit. Hence, Paul does not trace them to our own…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-26Verses 16-26 If it be our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall not have dominion over us. Believers are engaged in a conflict, in which they earnestly desire that grace may obtain full and speedy victory. And those who desire thus to give themselves up to be led by the Holy Spirit, are not under the law as a covenant…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Choosing to follow the Holy Spirit leads to a life that pleases God, unlike following sinful desires (5:16; 5:19–21). Human effort and laws cannot achieve this (compare John 15:1–8). This list of virtues addresses issues in the Galatian church. Love is the greatest Christian virtue and includes all others (1 Corinthians 13:4–7). Only God's Spirit can help us love those who hate us (see Matthew 5:43–48; Luke 6:35–36). Joy from the Holy Spirit does not…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2319-23. Confirming Ga 5:18, by showing the contrariety between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. manifest--The hidden fleshly principle betrays itself palpably by its works, so that these are not hard to discover, and leave no doubt that they come not from the Spirit. which are these--Greek, "such as," for instance. Adultery--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. lasciviousness--rather, "wantonness" petulance, capricious insolence; it may…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 5:22

• Faith
• Gentleness
• Graces
• Holiness
• Holy Spirit
• Joy
• Longsuffering
• Love
• Meekness
• Peace
• Religion
• Righteous
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Bite
• Contrary
• Cross
• Crucify
• Debtor
• Flesh
• Fruit
• Gentleness
• Goodness

Commentaries on Galatians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings