Galatians 5:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ”

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

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 fro...
Galatians 5:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the (k) fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (k) Therefore they are not the fruits of free will, but only as far forth as our will is made free by...
Galatians 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:13 to Galatians 6:10 . Practical appendix to the epistle; in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian abuse.
Galatians 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. App-101. gentleness. Greek. chrestotes . App-184. goodness. Greek. agathosune . See Romans 15:14 . faith . fidelity, App-150. Compare Titus 2:10 .
Galatians 5:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. But the fruit (93) of the Spirit. In the former part of the description he condemned the whole nature of man as producing nothing but evil and worthless fruits. He now informs us that...
Galatians 5:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2085 THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH AND OF THE SPIRIT CONTRASTED Galatians 5:19-24 . Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousne...
Galatians 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, But the fruit of the Spirit - Both flesh - the sinful dispositions of the human heart and spirit - the cha...
Galatians 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Faith,— Fidelity; which the word πιστις undoubtedly signifies in many places. See on Matthew 23:23 . So that in one place we may understand it of the faithfulness of God, or his fidelity t...
Galatians 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Confirming Galatians 5:18 by the contrariety between the works of the flesh and...
Galatians 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nature of Christian Liberty 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation...
Galatians 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(16-26) To follow the guidance of the Spirit is to obtain a double release: on the one hand, from the evil appetites and passions of the flesh or of sense — which is the direct antithesis to the Spir...
Galatians 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND HUMAN FLESH. Galatians 5:16-26 LOVE is the guard of Christian freedom. The Holy Spirit is its guide. These principles accomplish what the law could never do. It...
Galatians 5:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Produce the Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:13-26 That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a hi...
Galatians 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumci...
Galatians 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, h...
Galatians 5:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A GREAT CONTRAST ‘The works of the flesh … the fruit of the Spirit.’ Galatians 5:19 ; Galatians 5:22 What a contrast there is presented to us in these few lines! The works of the flesh agai...
Galatians 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the fruit of the Spirit ,.... Not of nature or man's free will, as corrupted by sin, for no good fruit springs from thence; but either of the internal principle of grace, called the Spirit, Gal...
Galatians 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Ver. 22. The fruit of the Spirit ] The spirit of grace are those two golden pipes, Zechariah 4:12 , t...
Galatians 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Galatians 5:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from...
Galatians 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Practical Godliness Enforced; Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit; The Fruits of the Spirit. A. D. 56....
Galatians 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The fruit of the Spirit; those habits which the Holy Spirit of God produceth in those in whom it dwelleth and worketh, with those acts which flow from them, as naturally as the tree produceth its f...
Galatians 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Freedom is Not to Be Misinterpreted as Licence. They Must Walk in Love and By the Spirit ( Galatians 5:13-26 ). Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is presenting gives men...
Galatians 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 5:22 . The fruit of the Spirit. —The singular fruit , as compared with the plural works , suggests that the effect of the Spirit’s inworking is one har...
Galatians 5:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

But the fruit Christian character is not mere moral or legal correctness, but the possession and manifestation of nine graces: love, joy, peace -- character as an inward state; longsuff...
Galatians 5:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Galatians 5:22 , Galatians 5:23 . The Fruits of the Spirit. I. Every tree is known by its fruit. And just so it is with us. The Bible often speaks about men as trees. Our root is the heart; th...
Galatians 5:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not su...
Galatians 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your c...
Galatians 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

But the fruit of the Spirit is love. The spiritual life The works of the flesh are manifest, known and plain to all. But the fruit of the Spirit is not so manifest: the life of God in the soul...
Galatians 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Galatians 5:1 Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); lo , I Paul say unto you. The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Pa...
Galatians 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:13 ; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ; 1 Corinthians 13:7 ; 1 John 4:7-16 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Peter 5:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:3-10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:10-22 ; 1 Timothy 3:...
Galatians 5:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative t...
Galatians 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Love — The root of all the rest. Gentleness — Toward all men; ignorant and wicked men in particular. Goodness — The Greek word means all that is benign, soft, winning, tender, either in temper or b...

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

Galatians 5:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 5:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Galatians 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 5:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

Galatians 5:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 5:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes