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 fruit, are, love to God, and to our neighbours: joy; the soul's satisfaction in its union with God, as the greatest and highest good; with an actual rejoicing in Christ, and in what is for his honour and glory, called a rejoicing in the truth, 1 Corinthians 13:6; and in the good of our brethren, Romans 12:15: peace; quietude of conscience, or peace with God, (of which peace of conscience is a copy), and a peaceable disposition towards men, opposed to strife, variance, emulations, &c.: long-suffering; opposed to a hastiness to revenge, and inclining us patiently to bear injuries: gentleness; sweetness and kindness of temper, by which we accommodate ourselves, and become mutually useful to each other: goodness; a disposition in us to hurt none, but to do all the good we can to all: faith; by faith seemeth here to be meant, truth in words, faithfulness in promises, and in dealings one with another.