Among the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22–23, Paul includes faithfulness. In a world where commitments are often broken and loyalties easily abandoned, biblical faithfulness stands as a powerful testimony to the transforming work of God’s Spirit. The Greek word Paul uses is pistis, a word that can mean faith, trustworthiness, reliability, or […]
Among the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22–23, Paul includes peace. This peace is far more than the absence of conflict or a temporary feeling of calm. It is a deep and abiding confidence that comes from being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ and living under the rule of His Spirit. “But […]
In his letter to the church in Galatia, the Apostle Paul writes about what their lives should and will look like as the Holy Spirit molds them. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. .” Galatians 5:22,23 (NIV) The Greek […]
The apostle Paul closes his famous list of the Fruit of the Spirit with a virtue that feels increasingly rare in modern life: self-control. In Galatians 5:22–23, Paul writes “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galatians 5:22–23, For self-control, Paul uses the Greek word enkrateia, meaning […]
Gentleness is one of the most easily misunderstood virtues in the Christian life. In everyday speech, it is often equated with weakness, passivity, or a lack of conviction. Yet when the apostle Paul lists gentleness among the Fruit of the Spirit he has something far richer in mind. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, […]
