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Galatians 5:22-23 – The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness. King David gave this testimony of the Lord in 2 Samuel 22:36, “Your gentleness has made me great” (NKJV). In 2 Samuel 22, David wrote a song to the Lord in gratitude for God’s deliverance from the hands of his...

Galatians 5:22 – The fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness. The fruit of the Spirit flows out of God Himself. Faithfulness originates with our Heavenly Father, as do all of these attributes. When Jesus judged the religious leaders of His day, as recorded in Matthew 23,...

Galatians 5:22 – The fruit of the Spirit is goodness. Goodness is the result of the righteousness of Christ established in one’s life through the goodness of God. “It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance” (Romans 2:4) KJV. The NASB says “It is the...

Galatians 5:22 – The fruit of the Spirit is kindness. Out of patience flows kindness. Impatience always produces unkindness, whether it would be in in words or in attitude. The Lord has shown great kindness in Christ to all humanity. Throughout the Scriptures, we are...

Galatians 5:22 – The fruit of the Spirit is patience. Patience is a direct result of peace. In fact, you really cannot have patience unless you’re walking in peace. We begin to see how the fruit of the Spirit is singular and cumulative. In other words, one part of the...

Galatians 5:22 – The fruit of the Spirit is peace. In Romans 14:17, Paul puts peace before joy, but here in Galatians he lists joy before peace. In Romans 14:17, righteousness is mentioned preceding peace. Peace comes as a result of becoming righteous in Christ Jesus....