“fruit of the spirit.” It is worth noting that the fruit of the spirit are “other person centered,” while the works of the flesh are selfish and “me centered.”
This list refers to the “fruit,” the things that are produced in us as we live according to the new nature that has been created inside us (see commentary on Gal. 5:16 above). Producing the fruit of the spirit requires active cooperation between the human will and the new, divine nature. The divine nature cannot grow the fruit of the…Read more..
