But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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From this verse, the Word reaches
The same threadJohn 15:5
Fruit grows only on the vine: he who remains in me bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
In parallel withPsalms 1:3
A tree planted by the streams of water produces its fruit in its season; the rooted soul bears the Spirit's fruit.
“He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.”
In contrast toMatthew 7:16
Fruit also exposes the counterfeit: do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
“By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?”
That reaches back to this verse
In contrast to (this verse)Galatians 5:16-17
The works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit are the two outcomes of this war.
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.”
In contrast to (this verse)Romans 8:5-8
Where the flesh produces its works, the Spirit produces fruit of another kind entirely.
“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.”
In contrast to (this verse)Matthew 7:16
The Spirit's fruit is what the test looks for: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith.
“By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?”