Galatians 5:22-23 NLT

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:16-26

Christian progress realized through antagonism. We must not suppose, however, that the love which God gives us as our liberty can work out its will without experiencing opposition. Opposition we know it will meet in the world of selfish men; but Paul here points out the antagonism it meets within our own personalities. The flesh antagonizes the Spirit. Love does not get its own sweet way as often as we would. Self becomes a battle-ground, and God contends with the flesh for the supremacy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit ( ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ) . As it was with a hortatory purpose, to warn, that the apostle has before enumerated the vices into which the Galatian Christians would be most in danger of falling, so now with an answering hortatory purpose, to point out the direction in which their endeavours should lie, he reckons up the dispositions and states of mind which it was the office of the Holy Spirit to produce in them. In the Epistle to the Colossians ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:22-23

"The fruit of the Spirit." Here we have the picture of a lovely garden, with all the choicest growths of the Spirit. I. THE NINE GRACES OF THE SPIRIT . 1 . First group. "Love, joy, peace." They all spring out of the filial relation into which we are brought by faith in Christ. Love is the tie that binds our hearts to God as our Father; joy is the glad emotion that springs up after our reconciliation with God; peace is the summer calm that settles down upon the soul... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:22-23

The fruit of the Spirit. I. THE GRACES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE GROW OUT OF THE INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD . Neither of the two rival theories of Greek philosophers—that virtue comes by practice and that it is taught by instruction—would commend itself to St. Paul. Nor would he agree with Plato that it arises in the intuitive recollection of innate ideas, nor with Aristotle that it is the result of habits. Neither would he permit the modern separation of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:23

Meekness ( πρᾳότης ). (On this, see last note.) The humble submissiveness to the teachings of Divine revelation, to which this term probably points, stands in contrast with that self-reliant, headstrong impetuosity which in the temperament of the Celt is apt to hurry him into the adoption of novel ideas which tie has not taken the trouble seriously to weigh. It may, however, stand in antithesis to self-reliant arrogance in general. Temperance ( ἀγκράτεια ); or, self-control. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit - That which the Holy Spirit produces. It is not without design, evidently, that the apostle uses the word “Spirit” here, as denoting that these things do not flow from our own nature. The vices above enumerated are the proper “works” or result of the operations of the human heart; the virtues which he enumerates are produced by a foreign influence - the agency of the Holy Spirit. Hence, Paul does not trace them to our own hearts, even when renewed. He says that they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 5:23

Meekness - See the note at Matthew 5:5.Temperance - The word used here, (ἐγκράτεια egkrateia), means properly “self-control, continence.” It is derived from ἐν en and κράτος kratos, “strength,” and has reference to the power or ascendancy which we have over exciting and evil passions of all kinds. It denotes the self-rule which a man has over the evil propensities of his nature. Our word temperance we use now in a much more limited sense, as referring mainly to abstinence from intoxicating... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 5:22-23

Galatians 5:22-23. But the fruit of the Spirit He says the fruit of the Spirit, to signify that the graces here mentioned are the natural, genuine product of the influences of the Spirit upon the mind of man. It is not possible to give a higher praise to any temper of mind, or course of life, than to say, it is the fruit of the Spirit of God; is love To God, his people, and all mankind, the source of all the other fruits; joy Arising from a sense of the remission of sins, of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:13-26

True freedom; true Christianity (5:13-26)Christian freedom does not mean that believers may do as they like. On the contrary, they must think of others and act to please them. This is what the law commands, but those who want to put themselves under the law cannot do it. Instead they are unkind and cruel to each other. The goal that the law aims at is not reached by trying to keep the law, but by acting with true Christian liberty (13-15).Sooner or later Christians find that they do not always... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 5:22

spirit. App-101 . gentleness. Greek. chrestotes . App-184 . goodness. Greek. agathosune . See Romans 15:14 . faith = fidelity, App-150 . Compare Titus 2:10 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:16-26

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The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 5:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 5:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 5:22-23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:13-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 5:22

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