Ephesians 5:9
(For mthe fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
(ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ),
Textual key: ‘fruit of the Spirit’ is changed to ‘fruit of the light’
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Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
either in the fruit or work of the new nature, or of the Holy Ghost, by whom we are made light in the Lord: see Gal 5:22.
either a general virtue in opposition to wickedness, or benignity and bounty.
in opposition to injustice, by covetousness, fraud, &c.
in opposition to error, lies, hypocrisy. He shows what it is to walk as children of light.