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Galatians 5:22-26 KJV
Galatians · chapter 5 · verses 22–26
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.Galatians 5:22-26 · King James Version
Galatians 5:22-26 in context
20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 3:12-17
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
- John 15:5
- James 3:17-18
- John 15:2
- Ephesians 5:9
- Psalms 1:3
- John 15:16
- 1 Timothy 1:9
- Acts 24:25
- Romans 6:6
- Romans 13:14
Key words (Strong's)
- longsufferingmakrothymiapatience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance, patience, forbearance…G3115 →
- gentlenesschrēstotēsmoral goodness, integrity, benignity, kindnessG5544 →
- temperanceegkrateiaself-controlG1466 →
- affectionspathēmathat which one suffers or has suffered, externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity…G3804 →
- crucifiedstauroōto stake, drive down stakes, to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade, to crucify, to…G4717 →
- provokingprokaleōto call forth, to call forth to one's self, esp. to challenge to a combat or contest with…G4292 →
- goodnessagathōsynēuprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindnessG19 →
- Meeknesspraotēsgentleness, mildness, meeknessG4236 →
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In the latter part of this chapter the apostle comes to exhort these Christians to serious practical godliness, as the best antidote against the snares of the false teachers. Two things especially he presses upon them: - I. That they should not strive with one another, but love one another.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-26