Galatians 5:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness” describes the character the Holy Spirit grows in a believer’s life. It is fruit — something God produces in us — not a checklist we manufacture.
Read the full meaning“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Galatians 5:22 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- Hosea 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
- Matthew 7:16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
- Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
- Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Luke 13:9If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
- John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- Romans 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- Romans 15:3For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- Romans 15:14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Galatians 5:16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Ephesians 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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