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Galatians
Chapter Five
Galatians 5:33-23a But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control . . .
Love (agaph) Spiritual Love:
Colossians 3:14 And beyond all these things put on
love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another, even as I have loved you,
that you also love one another. By this all men will
know that you are My disciples, if you have love for
one another.
Romans 5:5 The love of God has been poured out
within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was
given to us.
Joy (cara) A deep and abiding inner rejoicing:
Romans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating
and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in
the Holy Spirit.
John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you, that
My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made
full.
Peace (eirhnh) A gift of Christ, an inner repose and
quietness:
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give
to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let
not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which
surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Peace (continued):
Peace with God. Romans. 5:1 Therefore having been
justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ,
This peace is positional peace and includes all
believers at the moment of their salvation.
The peace of God. Philippians 4:7 And the peace of
God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
This peace is experienced, and includes only
those believers who are filled with God’s Spirit.
It can be defined as reassurance in tribulation.
Patience (makroqumia) forbearance under
provocation:
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all power,
according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all
steadfastness and patience
Colossians 3:12 And so, as those who have been
chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience
Kindness (crhstothV) Benevolent in actions:
Since God is kind toward sinners
Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches
of His kindness and forbearance and patience,
not knowing that the kindness of God leads you
to repentance?
We should also be kind towards sinners and all men:
Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another,
tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as
God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Goodness (agaqwsunh) An uprightness or Christlikeness of soul:
II Thessalonians 1:11 To this end also we pray for
you always that our God may count you worthy of
your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and
the work of faith with power
Romans 15:14 And concerning you, my brethren, I
myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full
of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able also
to admonish one another
Faithfulness (pistiV) Not faith but faithfulness, the
quality of being trustworthy:
Faith is possessed by all men:
Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to
me I say to every man among you not to think
more highly of himself than he ought to think;
but to think so as to have sound judgment, as
God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
Faithfulness (continued):
II Timothy 2:2 And the things which you have heard
from me in the presence of many witnesses, these
entrust to faithful men
I Timothy 1:12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has
strengthened me, because He considered me faithful,
putting me into service
Gentleness (prautuV) Begins with a believer’s
willingly is submissive to God’s Word:
James 1:21 Therefore putting aside all filthiness and
all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the
word implanted, which is able to save (deliver or
sanctify) your souls.
Gentleness (continued):
1. Paul used gentleness with the Corinthian church:
I Corinthians 4:21 What do you desire? Shall I
come to you with a rod or with love and a spirit
of gentleness?
2. Gentleness used by to restoring an off believer
Colossians 3:12-13 And so, as those who have
been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a
heart of compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience; bearing with one
another, and forgiving each other, whoever has
a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord
forgave you, so also should you.
3. Gentleness is used in keeping unity within a church
Ephesians 4:2-3 With all humility and
gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance
to one another in love, being diligent to
preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace.
4. It is to be used in dealing with all men
II Timothy 2:24-25 And the Lord's bondservant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to
all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with
gentleness correcting those who are in
opposition, if perhaps God may grant them
repentance leading to the knowledge of the
truth
Self-control (egkrateia) Spiritual-mastery over the
works of the flesh:
Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you
will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
II Peter 1:6 relates this to a knowledge of the Word of
God: In your knowledge, self-control, and in your
self-control, perseverance.
The Last phrase of Galatians 5:23
Against such things (such things as the
fruit of the Spirit) there is no law
The preposition against is kata
taken two ways:
kata and can be
1. That there are no prohibitions (there is not
a law) against such virtues
2. But it can also mean that no law can bring
about this fruit. No law can be against them in
the sense of bracing them up
Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin.
PASSIONS is from PATHOS paqoV, referred to
either good or bad desires but in the N.T. it refers to
bad desires from the O.S.N.
LUSTS or DESIRES is the Greek word EPITHUMIA
epi + qumia
I Thessalonians 4:4-5
That every one of you should know how to
possess his body in sanctification and honor;
Not in the lust of passion, even as the Gentiles
which know not God:
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,
which were by the law, did work in our members to
bring forth fruit unto death
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of
riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke
the word, and it becomes unfruitful
II Peter 3:3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last
days scoffers, walking after their own lusts
Boastful
KENODOXOS
keneodoxoV
Empty + Glory or Opinion
Means to come to a point of empty opinion.
Opinion regarding others based not on the facts
or on the Word of God, but on your own ideas
and fears and mistrusts
Challenging or Provoking
PRO+KALEO
pro + kalew
Means to call out to engage in a contest. Uses
as a challenge to a fight or competition.
This is inordinate competition among believers.
Occurs in the middle voice because the one doing
this thinks he is benefiting, but he is not
Envying
PTHONEW
Fqonew
The same word we saw in verse 21 and is the
expression of jealousy in which a person tries to
get what the other has.
PRINCIPLE OF VERSE 26
These M.A. are totally contrary to loving one
another, and falls in line with the biting and
devouring of one another mentioned in verse 15.