Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 EditionGalatians 5
C. I. Scofield
Read Galatians 5 in the BibleGalatians 5:5
righteousness (See Scofield "Romans 10:10").
Galatians 5:18
under the law i.e. not under bondage of effort to please God by law-works. 2 Corinthians 3:17.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit Christian character is not mere moral or legal correctness, but the possession and manifestation of nine graces: love, joy, peace--character as an inward state; longsuffering, gentleness, goodness--character in expression toward man; faith, meekness, temperance-- character in expression toward God. Taken together they present a moral portrait of Christ, and may be taken as the apostle's explanation of Galatians 2:20 "Not I, but Christ," and as a definition of "fruit" in John 15:1-8 This character is possible because of the believer's vital union to Christ ; John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12,13 and is wholly the fruit of the Spirit in those believers who are yielded to Him. Galatians 5:22,23.
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Galatians 5:4