“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — Paul shifts to 'karpos pneumatos' (fruit of the Spirit), a singular harvest with nine expressions; the first three (love, joy, peace) are Godward and inward; the next three (patience, kindness, goodness) are outward and relational, grounded in divine character.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.” He says not, “the work of the Spirit,” but, “the fruit of the Spirit.” Is the soul, however, superfluous? The flesh and the Spirit are mentioned, but where is the soul? Is he discoursing of beings without a soul? For if the things of the flesh be evil, and those of the Spirit good, the soul must be superfluous. By no means, for the mastery of the passions belongs to her, and concerns her; and being placed amid vice and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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