Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 5:22
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 behaviour.
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 behaviour.
Verse 22. _BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT_] Both _flesh_-the sinful dispositions of the human heart and _spirit_-the changed or purified state of the soul, by the grace and Spirit of God, are represente...
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...
III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER, AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7) 3....
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....
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, self-control. There is no law which condemns thing; like that. Those who belong to Jesus Christ hav...
AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1) 5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
SPIRIT. App-101. GENTLENESS. Greek. _chrestotes_. App-184. GOODNESS. Greek. _agathosune_. See Romans 15:14. FAITH. fidelity, App-150. Compare Titus 2:10....
The works of the flesh are many, the fruit of the Spirit is one, yet manifold. The works of the flesh are in a measure independent of each other. It cannot be said that every unregenerate man commits...
St Paul supplies a test whereby men may ascertain whether they are under the curse of the law or heirs of the promise. First, the Apostle gives a list of the _works of the flesh_not complete but comp...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΚΑΡΠῸΣ. In contrast to τὰ ἔργα, Galatians 5:19, where see note. Cf. Ephesians 5:9; Philippians 1:11; James 3:18;...
16–24. _The nature, outcome, and means of Liberty in daily life_ (Galatians 5:16) In contrast to such disputes, which are the visible signs of lives lived by the flesh, walk by the spirit and you will...
13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
ΚΑΡΠΌΣ (G2590) плод, то, что растет (NIDNTT; TDNT). ΠΝΕΎΜΑ (G4151) дух. Здесь _gen._ ("от Духа") указывает на источник или причину плода. По поводу используемых здесь слов _см._ FS, 63-127; DPL, 3161...
DISCOURSE: 2085 THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH AND OF THE SPIRIT CONTRASTED Galatians 5:19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolat...
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_ to his...
SPECIAL STUDY THE WORKS OF THE FLESH AND THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:19 Adultery is found only in the KJV, since it is missing in the oldest and best Greek manuscripts. The sin itself is proh...
TEXT 5:22, 23 (22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. PARAPHRASE 5:22, 23 2...
_VERSES 22, 23. BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE._ LOVE It would have been enough to mention only the single fruit of...
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 the fru...
1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _ circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
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. P...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
Each of these qualities is part of God’s character. These qualities do not grow in our lives because we work hard. Instead, they are like the good fruit that a tree produces. They come, as we trust Je...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. — There does not seem to be any essential difference between this term and that used above: “the _works_ of the flesh.” The fruit of the Spirit is that which naturally grows o...
(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 Spiri...
CHAPTER 25 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. Galatians 5:22 "THE tree is known by its fruits." Such was the criterion of religious profession laid down by the Founder of Christianity. This test His religion...
CHAPTER 23 CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND HUMAN FLESH. Galatians 5:16 LOVE is the guard of Christian freedom. The Holy Spirit is its guide. These principles accomplish what the law could never do. It withheld...
Since the object of this verse is to exhibit the harmony between the fruit of the spirit and the restraints of law, those qualities only are specified which affect man's duty to his neighbour. _Love_...
MEN WHO REGULATE THEIR LIVES BY THE SPIRIT WILL NOT CARRY OUT DESIRES OF THE FLESH. FOR GOD HAS SET THESE TWO FORCES IN MUTUAL ANTAGONISM WITHIN OUR HEARTS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF KEEPING DUE CHECK...
PRODUCE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:13 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 higher law,...
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 circumcis...
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...
The fruit of the Spirit is charity, &c. There are numbered twelve of these fruits in the Latin, though but nine in the Greek text, in St. John Chrysostom; St. Jerome; St. Augustine, tract. lxxxvii. in...
(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, he...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_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 against the...
_FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT_ ‘The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.’ Galatians 5:22 No efforts of ours can cast off the unsightly w...
_CHRISTIAN JOY_ ‘The fruit of the Spirit is … joy.’ Galatians 5:22 The end of religion is not penitence, it is not contrition, it is not conviction of sin; it is something better than all that. The...
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 all virtu...
It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
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, Galatia...
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, throug...
_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...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT; that which he produces in those who follow his guidance....
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH,...
The fruits of the Spirit:...
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 the...
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, Fruit of the Spirit is - Singular - one fruit, need all parts to have the fruit Love - Seek what is...
16-26 If it be our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall no...
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 frui...
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And then, again, he proceeds to tell us the spiritual actions which vivify a man, that is, the engrafting of the Spirit; thus saying, "But the fruit of the Spirit is...
Galatians 5:22 But G1161 fruit G2590 Spirit G4151 is G2076 (G5748) love G26 joy G5479 peace G1515 longsuffering...
FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS LICENCE. THEY MUST WALK IN LOVE AND BY THE SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:13). Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is presenting gives men licence t...
‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness (consideration for others), goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control. Against such there is no Law.' In contrast to the...
Galatians 5:22-23. BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, BENIGNITY, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE. A string of pearls. One ‘fruit,' in distinction of the many...
_Walking by the Spirit. The Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit._ Paul exhorts the Galatians to lead a truly Christian life under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and contrasts the vices o...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT (ο καρπος του πνευματος). Paul changes the figure fromWORKS (εργα) in verse Galatians 5:19 to fruit as the normal out-cropping of the Holy Spirit in us. It is a beautiful...
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; LONGSUFFERING, GENTL...
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; the heart...
Galatians 5:13. _For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another._ Do not turn your liberty into license. The apostle...
Remember, beloved brethren, that the Epistle to the Galatians is one in which Paul, with especial clearness, proves the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So much is this the case, that the fam...
Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
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 subje...
CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
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 cele...
BUT THE SPIRIT PRODUCES. Christians are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). The real evidence of the Spirit living in them, is not speaking in tongues and miraculous powers! The rea...
_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 is...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:22 THE SPIRIT defends against sin. He also produces in Christians the positive traits of godly character. ⇐
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:16 Life under the law expresses itself in the works of the flesh, but those who live by the Spirit bear fruit pleasing to God. ⇐...
CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's righteousness, since in Him neit...
_But the fruit of the Spirit is love._ The works of the Spirit are opposed to the works of the flesh, _i.e._, those works which are performed through the influence of the Holy Spirit, by which we meri...
_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 harmoniou...
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. Paul's writings on...
Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:7; 1 John 4:7;...
The fruit of the Spirit [ο κ α ρ π ο ς τ ο υ π ν ε υ μ α τ ο ς]. The phrase N. T. o. Fruit, metaphorical, frequent in N. T., as Matthew 3:8; Matthew 7:16; John 4:36; John 14:8
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:1 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 to the Sp...
THE GRACES OF THE SPIRIT'S INDWELLING Galatians 5:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The works of the flesh are manifest. It is not necessary for anyone to draw upon his imagination to describe the works of...
Observe here, 1. That the apostle, who called SIN the work of the flesh, doth here call GRACE the fruit of the Spirit. Sin is. work of our own; it proceeds wholly from ourselves, our own depraved mind...