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But the fruitf of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,*

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John 15:5• ⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5)

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Eph. 5:9• ⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth), (Eph. 5:9)

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the fruit.

Gal. 5:16‑18• ¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall in no wise fulfil flesh's lust.
¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things are opposed one to another, that ye should not do those things which ye would;
¹⁸but if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are under no law. (Gal. 5:16‑18)

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Psa. 1:3• (Psa. 1:3)

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Psa. 92:14• (Psa. 92:14)

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Hos. 14:8• (Hos. 14:8)

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Matt. 12:33• ³³{i}Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.{/i} (Matt. 12:33)

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Luke 8:14‑15• ¹⁴{i}But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who{/i} having heard, go away, and are choked under the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
¹⁵{i}But{/i} that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:14‑15)

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Luke 13:9• ⁹and if it shall bear fruit, thenceforth ; but, if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. (Luke 13:9)

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John 15:2,5,16• ²Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing.
¹⁶Not ye chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit, and your fruit abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:2,5,16)

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Rom. 6:22• ²²But now freed from sin, and made bondservants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal. (Rom. 6:22)

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Rom. 7:4• ⁴So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should belong to another, him that was raised out of [the] dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (Rom. 7:4)

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Eph. 5:9• ⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth), (Eph. 5:9)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being filled with the fruit of righteousness that [is] by Jesus Christ unto God's praise and glory. (Phil. 1:11)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

love.

Gal. 5:13• ¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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Rom. 5:2‑5• ²through whom also we have had the access into this grace wherein we stand, and boast in hope of the glory of God.
³And not only [so], but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh out endurance;
⁴and endurance proof, and proof hope:
⁵and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that was given to us. (Rom. 5:2‑5)

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Rom. 12:9‑18• ⁹Let love [be] unfeigned, abhorring evil, cleaving to good;
¹⁰in brotherly love affectionate to one another; in honour anticipating one another;
¹¹in diligence not slothful, in spirit fervent, serving the Lord;
¹²in hope rejoicing; in tribulation enduring, in prayer persevering;
¹³communicating to the wants of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
¹⁴Bless those that persecute you; bless and curse not.
¹⁵Rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another, not minding high things, but consorting with the lowly. Be not wise in your own eyes:
¹⁷repay to none evil for evil; providing things right in the sight of all men;
¹⁸if possible, on your part be at peace with all men; (Rom. 12:9‑18)

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Rom. 15:3• ³For even Christ pleased not himself, but even as it is written, “The reproaches of those that are reproaching thee fell on me.” (Rom. 15:3)

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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• ⁴Love is long-suffering, is kind; love is not emulous, is not vain-glorious, is not puffed up,
⁵doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not its own things, is not easily provoked, reckoneth not the evil,
⁶rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth,
⁷beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)

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Eph. 4:23‑32• ²³and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
²⁴and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
²⁵Wherefore having put off falsehood, speak truth each with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.
²⁶Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath,
²⁷nor yet give room for the devil.
²⁸Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need.
²⁹Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear.
³⁰And grieve not the holy Spirit of God by whom ye were sealed for redemption-day.
³¹Let all bitterness and passion and wrath and clamour and evil-speaking be removed from you with all malice;
³²and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ hath forgiven you. (Eph. 4:23‑32)

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Eph. 5:1‑2• ¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love,
²even as the Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for an odour of sweet smell. (Eph. 5:1‑2)

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Phil. 4:4‑9• ⁴Rejoice in [the] Lord always: again I will say, rejoice.
⁵Let your mildness be known to all men. The Lord [is] near.
⁶Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
⁷And the peace of God, that surpasseth every understanding, shall keep your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever noble, whatsoever just, whatsoever pure, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good report, if there [is] any virtue, and if any praise, these things consider.
⁹Those things which ye also learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:4‑9)

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Col. 3:12‑17• ¹²Put on therefore, as elect of God, holy [and] beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, long-suffering;
¹³forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any should have a complaint against any; even as also the Lord forgave you, so also [do] ye;
¹⁴and in addition to all these, love, which is [the] bond of perfectness.
¹⁵And let the peace of the Christ rule in your hearts, into which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
¹⁶Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God.
¹⁷And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. (Col. 3:12‑17)

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1 Thess. 1:3‑10• ³remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father,
⁴knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election;
⁵because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power and in [the] Holy Spirit and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sake.
⁶And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of [the] Holy Spirit;
⁷so that ye became a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
⁸For from you hath sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith that is toward God hath gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.
⁹For they themselves report concerning us what sort of entrance we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols to serve a living and true God,
¹⁰and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus that delivered us from the coming wrath. (1 Thess. 1:3‑10)

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1 Thess. 5:10‑22• ¹⁰who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him.
¹¹Therefore encourage one another, and edify each other, even as also ye do.
¹²Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,
¹³and to esteem them exceedingly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all.
¹⁵See that none render to anyone evil for evil, but always pursue that which is good one toward another, and toward all.
¹⁶Rejoice always;
¹⁷pray unceasingly;
¹⁸in everything give thanks, for this [is] God's will in Christ Jesus toward you.
¹⁹Quench not the Spirit;
²⁰despise not prophecies;
²¹but prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
²²abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thess. 5:10‑22)

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Titus 2:2‑12• ²that elder men be sober, grave, discreet, healthful in their faith, in their love, in their patience;
³that aged women likewise be in deportment reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good;
⁴that they may train the young women to be lovers of husbands, lovers of children,
⁵discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God be not ill-spoken of.
⁶The younger men likewise exhort to be right-minded,
⁷in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in the teaching uncorruptness, gravity,
⁸healthy speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil to say concerning us:
⁹bond-servants to be in subjection to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not gainsaying,
¹⁰not purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
¹¹For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men,
¹²instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godlily in this present age, (Titus 2:2‑12)

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James 3:17‑18• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial.
¹⁸And righteousness' fruit in peace is being sown for those that make peace. (James 3:17‑18)

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1 Peter 1:8,22• ⁸whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified,
²²purified your souls as ye have in your obedience to the truth unto brotherly affection unfeigned, love one another out of a pure heart fervently, (1 Peter 1:8,22)

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2 Peter 1:5‑8• ⁵But for this very thing also, bringing in besides all diligence, in your faith supply virtue, and in virtue knowledge,
⁶and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance endurance, and in endurance godliness,
⁷and in godliness brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection love:
⁸For these things being in you and abounding make [you] not idle nor unfruitful for the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:5‑8)

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1 John 4:7‑16• ⁷Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God; and every one that loveth hath been begotten of God, and knoweth God.
⁸He that loveth not knew not God, because God is love.
⁹Herein was manifested the love of God in us, that God hath sent His only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us, and sent his Son [as] propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love hath been perfected in us.
¹³Herein we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given to us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And we have beheld, and testify that the Father hath sent his Son as Saviour of the world.
¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
¹⁶And we have known and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:7‑16)

goodness.

Rom. 15:14• ¹⁴But I am persuaded, my brethren, even I myself about you, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. (Rom. 15:14)

faith.

1 Cor. 13:7,13• ⁷beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
¹³But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but [the] greater of these [is] love. (1 Cor. 13:7,13)

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2 Thess. 3:2• ²and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men, for all have not faith. (2 Thess. 3:2)

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1 Tim. 3:11• ¹¹Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)

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1 Tim. 4:12• ¹²Let none despise thy youth, but be a pattern of the faithful in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (1 Tim. 4:12)

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1 Peter 5:12• ¹²By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I account, I write to you in few [words], exhorting and testifying that this is God's true grace in which stand. (1 Peter 5:12)

• The flesh has its "works", but produces no fruit for God. The Spirit produces both good works and fruit; though, in this passage, the Apostle speaks not of works but of the beautiful Christian character from which all true work will flow…. "Love", "joy" and "peace" set forth the inward experience of the soul; "longsuffering" and "kindness", the attitude of soul towards others; "goodness" and "fidelity", the qualities that should actuate us in our dealings with others; (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: