Side note from BibleGateway: The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Leviticus 16:15-16). 2000), Paul writes to the Colossian saints regarding their new "Christ-like" garment, commanding them as, those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved (powerful "motivating" truths) (to), put on (aorist imperative) a heart of compassion, kindness (chrestotes), humility, gentleness and patience. 2003; Thomas Nelson, Barclay, W: The Daily Study Bible Series, Rev. Romantic love can be beautiful and meaningful, and we find many favorable accounts of it in Scripture. As it has been well put. We have not exhausted the possibilities. He is faithful to his contracts; faithful to his promises. Spurgeon - The great artist has sketched fruit that never grows in the gardens of earth until they are planted by the Lord from heaven. © Copyright 2002-2021 Got Questions Ministries. It can only be exhibited by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Found insidePatience. The original Greek term unloads a lot of meaning upon us. Makrothumia is the term, and it's a compound word. Makros means “long or far ... A young boy playing about the wharves at the time of Judson’s arrival was struck by the man’s appearance. His confidence in the cross (Galatians 6:14-16)  Nashville: Thomas Nelson, MacArthur, J.: The MacArthur Study Bible Nashville: Word, Morris, Henry: Defenders Study Bible. And of course pray it in faith with a pure heart and clean hands and not as a rote, mechanical act. The brethren with him (Galatians 1:2a)  The assertion as to its nature (Galatians 1:11)  The place of his withdrawal (Galatians 1:21)  (Commentary on Galatians), Richards asks "Have you ever noticed that along the banks of a stream the vegetation is always abundant and luxurious? They reason “I can’t help it.                   i. The fruit God seeks in human beings is expressed in righteous and loving acts that bring peace and harmony to the individual and to society. The contrast between the flesh and the Spirit are most evident when we observe what each produces. Galatians 5:22. Repentance means turning from one’s sin, and faith is turning to God (cf. A life well lived is a more effective witness than words well said. For this cause the prophets, the Apostles, and Christ Himself exhort us, yes, they command us to rejoice and be glad: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee” (Zechariah 9:9). Fernando was livid because of the mix-up. The elaboration of the doctrine of justification (Galatians 3:1-4:7)                    iii.                            1. Those with such patience and faith are those who receive or “inherit the promises.” (Briscoe, D. S., & Ogilvie, L. J. p 167) like many commentators divides the fruit into 3 triads... 1. The discovery of believing Jews about justification (Galatians 2:15-16)  In a world where instant gratification is highly prized, patience doesn't seem like an appealing trait. It is a profound and radical change in the whole existing moral nature of the man. It is the great germinating power. After a week or two the seed sprang up. John MacArthur has numerous excellent comments regarding agape love... (Agape) Love is an attitude of selflessness. (Galatians 5:22) The fruit of patience should be understood as forbearance, that is, putting up with people around us without exploding. Oh, that every one of us might have a vineyard in his bosom and yield abundance of the love that is “the fruit of the Spirit.” The text (Gal 5:22) speaks of “fruit,” and fruit comes only from a rooted abiding. Dagon must fall if the ark of the Lord is present: the world must lose its charms if you are to joy in Christ Jesus. Humboldt says that the copper-coloured native of Central America, far more accustomed than the European traveller to the burning heat of the climate, yet complains more when upon a journey, because he is stimulated by no interest. Kindness Kindness in Galatians 5:22 comes from the Greek word chrestotes, which not only means goodness as a quality of purity, but also as a gracious disposition in character and attitudes. That’s a list of sins you can choose from...sinners are not free, they’re bound by their sin, but they do have the freedom to choose their sin. My griefs expire, my troubles cease; One day while he was in his hut translating, a native came running up the stairs into Paton's study and flopped in a chair, exhausted. Can anyone tell me what this verse says? (2Thes 3:16).                   i. There is none who does good (chrestotes). But the fact is, kids don't always get what they want immediately. ed. The temporary nature of the law (Galatians 3:19-20)                        b. The contrasted products of the flesh and the Spirit (Galatians 5:19-23) a. The bad seed produced a bad tree, yielding all manner of bad fruit; the good seed produced a good tree, bringing forth fruits of the most excellent kind.              a. The Lord [be] with you all!" The reason for his rebuke of Peter (Galatians 2:12)  Peter is asking God to "multiply" the subjective, internal sense of calm and serenity, the peace of God.                   ii. Paul's First Missionary Journey 1 Cor. DOCTRINAL: THE EXPOSITION OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH (Galatians 3:1-4:31)                        c. The deliverance from the curse through Christ (Galatians 3:13-14)  )—love like His own undeserved love for us, love that is based on willful choice in behalf of the one loved, regardless of emotions, attraction, or deserving. .     1. (The Fruit of the Spirit: Joy) Joy and peace seem to blossom and ripen out of love. We must leave the sins we repent of and walk in the new, clean ways of holiness. See Galatians 5:20-24 in the Bible. Galatians 5:22. The Greek word group (makrothumeo/makrothumia) focuses our attention on restraint: that capacity for self-control despite circumstances that might arouse the passions or cause agitation....This is not so much a trait as a way of life. It is not bent on satisfying the lover, but on helping the one loved whatever the cost. His astonishment at their fickleness (Galatians 1:6-7)  Eadie - The first of the graces is agape —“love”—the root of all the other graces,— greater than faith and hope, for “God is Love;” love to God and all that bears his image, being the essence of the first and second tables of the law,—all the other graces being at length absorbed by it as the flower is lost in the fruit. Galatians 5: 19, 20, and 21 list the 'fruit' of the flesh. Against such things there is no law. How he rebuked Peter's inconsistent conduct (Galatians 2:11-21)                             3.              b. Nor do you find fruit trees manipulating one another with brow-beating words in attempts to convince a tree to produce fruit. It is, if anything a higher standard. 2. But the Word of God greets us here with this open-ended encouragement: “Grace and peace be yours in abundance!                   iv.                       b. Gentleness - Toward all men; ignorant and wicked men in particular. The one is human manipulation but the other is divine production. Even a glimpse of the true meaning of God's kindness is something that ought to cause us to drop to our knees in grateful adoration as expressed by Isaac Watts in the hymn below... WHAT SHALL — I RENDER TO MY GOD It is of the utmost importance to keep up our interest in the holy work in which we are engaged, for the moment our interest flags, the work will become wearisome. That is Paul's whole premise in this portion of Galatians. Galatians 5:22 (Kindness) Tis something, when the day draws to its close,To say, 'Though I have borne a burdened mind, Have tasted neither pleasure nor repose, Yet this remains: to all men, friends or foes, I have been kind.'. Who has walked with perfect peace as our Lord or demonstrated such depths of patience? KJV: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, NLT: But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (NLT - Tyndale House), Phillips: The Spirit however, produces in human life fruits such as these: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, fidelity, (Phillips: Touchstone), Wuest: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission). And in 1 Corinthians 13, Paul attributes to love all the fruits which are done in the Spirit, when he says: “Love is patient, courteous,” etc.          c. The greeting (Galatians 1:3-5)  It is the Greek word makrothumia (μακροθυμία), which combines two word concepts: great distance and passionate fierceness. Paul’s point is clear: if God has been so long-suffering with us, should we not display this same grace in our relationships with one another? Nine words are here used to express the fruit of the Spirit, but to express the works of the flesh—see how many are gathered together! Together they have become useless. Hear the word of the Lord: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace...." The prepositional phrase demonstrates the origin of the character of Christ in the life of the believer, the Holy Spirit.                   i.                            1. Close by the path, where men would walk, he traced some letters with his finger and put plaster into them and then sowed his seed in the field. We see this as well from the Greek word that Paul uses here.                       b. “Old leaves, if they remain upon the trees through the autumn and the winter, fall off in the spring.” We have seen a hedge all thick with dry leaves throughout the winter, and neither frost nor wind has removed the withered foliage, but the spring has soon made a clearance. But loss of romantic love is never an appropriate excuse for dissolving a marriage, because the love that God specifically commands husbands to have for their wives is agapē love (Eph. Agathosune describes a positive moral quality characterized especially by interest in the welfare of others. But being reconciled, we have the peace which passeth all understanding (Philippians 4:7-note). The flesh is self-assertive and self-indulgent but the fruit of the Spirit reaches out to others. The application of the illustration to believers (Galatians 4:3-6)  1Co 13:7. 2 Peter 3:9 2. The singular form, fruit, is used here in Galatians 5 perhaps to suggest the unity and harmony of the character of the Lord Jesus which is to be reproduced in the believer by the power of the Holy Spirit, in contrast with the discordant and often mutually antagonistic “works of the flesh.” In Christ actually, and in the Christian potentially, the fruit of the Spirit is harmonious, the various elements being mutually consistent, and each encouraging and enhancing the rest in happy coordination and cooperation in that “new man, which after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth,” (Eph 4:2-note. In Matthew 3:8 John the Baptist is addressing the "religious" professors, the Pharisees and Sadducees who were seeking "baptism".                       b. Galatians 5:22 (Love) Love. BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS: O de karpos tou pneumatos estin (3SPAI) agape, chara, eirene, makrothumia, chrestotes, agathosune, pistis: But - a striking term of contrast. Expositors calls it God's "pitying kindness that prompts Him to bestow forgiveness and blessings". Vaughan explains, "No stream can of itself ascend higher than its source; no nature can transcend itself in the manifestation of its energies, and if man is really dead in trespasses and sins, he can put forth no energy containing in it the element of real holiness, or true spiritual life" [175]. The readers (Galatians 1:2b)  Needless to say, this love of God is bound to overflow in love for our fellow Christians: "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.                       a. There are times I think I should go back to school and earn a Ph. And is not the Holy Ghost a loving Comforter? The appeal from his relations to them (Galatians 4:12-20)  How far can He trust us?                   iii. 3115 /makrothymía ("divinely-regulated patience") is used of God Himself (see 1 Pet 3:20; 2 Pet 3:15). The exhortation to communicate with their teachers (Galatians 6:6)  Barnes's Galatians 5:22 Bible Commentary. Through personal stories, biblical exploration, and insightful explanation, he will help you discover: who the Spirit is—and how to develop a relationship with Him who the Spirit isn’t—and how to avoid damaging misconceptions how ... His marks of apostleship (Galatians 6:17)  2) Spiritual action fruit - Col 1:10 (note) In Colossians Paul describes believers filled with or controlled by the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding and thereby walking worthy of the Lord, pleasing him and bearing fruit in every good work. In eschatology, peace is prophesied to be an essential characteristic of the Messianic kingdom (Acts 10:36). To say it another way, we produce the “works of the flesh,” but the “fruit of the Spirit” is produced in us by the Holy Spirit as we cooperate day by day with him. In both cases, true repentance, as well as faith in God and His promises, are assumed as conditions for forgiveness of sins. As the branch cannot bear fruit (karpos) of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. Many years afterward that boy—who could never get away from the influence of that wonderful face—became the famous preacher Henry Clay Trumbull. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience . The rebuke (Galatians 1:6-10)           2. And love in the moral universe is what heat is in the natural world. This long fuse is a Christ like attitude for as Peter reminded his readers our Lord Jesus Christ in spite of... being reviled, ...did not revile in return; while suffering, ...uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him Who judges righteously (1Pe 2:23-note).              c. It is a life of mutual burden-bearing (Galatians 5:26-6:10)  And you will see them all on display." De Haan (Studies in Galatians.              a. Found insidecharacter trait or spiritual fruit of focus today is patience, which I like to associate with the kiwi. The Greek word for patience as used in Galatians ... "3115 (makrothymía) embraces steadfastness and staying-power. (Grace in Galatia : A Commentary on St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians. (C. Norman Bartlett: Galatians and You: Studies in the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, 1948), is the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, that is to say, sweet cogitations of Christ, wholesome exhortations, pleasant songs or psalms, praises and thanksgiving, whereby the godly do instruct, stir up, and refresh one another.                   iii. It does not depend on circumstances because it rests in God’s sovereign control of all things (cf. You will be hourly tried, but the Spirit of God will give you patience to suffer long and to endure much. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Wheaton, Ill.: May, 2006. He says that the forbearance of our Lord is our salvation (2Pe 3:15-note). is a peculiarly Bible word and does not occur in secular Greek). In relation to the Church of God (Galatians 1:13b)  After a little while he allowed the matter to drop and said no more about it. The description of his former life (Galatians 1:13b-14)               b. Divine love is unmerited (Ro 5:8 [note]), great (Ep 2:4-[note]), transforming (Ro 5:5 [note]), and unchangeable (Ro 8:35, 36, 37, 38, 39 -see notes Ro 8:35; 36; 37; 38; 39). Makrothymia has more to do with patience for others. [Agape] is self-giving. You never find a grove of apple or peach trees attending conferences on bearing fruit. Love is not produced by casting the mind in the mold of imitation, or by fastening grace to a man’s actions as a thing outside of himself. Labours of love are light. (Richards, L O: Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Regency). Kindness is an attribute of God (Ro 2:4-note being a good example) and a godly trait which the Spirit produces in the surrendered saint (contrast the unregenerate sinner - Ro 3:12-note "no one who shows kindness (chrestotes)" NET) who as Trench says has this beautiful grace "pervading and penetrating their whole nature, mellowing all which would have been harsh and austere (and producing)...a goodness which has no edge, no sharpness in it." One of the best practical definitions of agape love is Paul's famous passage in 1 Corinthians 13. 1989. The sending of the Son of God (Galatians 4:4-5)  Joy is the inevitable overflow of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and of the believer’s knowing His continuing presence and having a sense of well being experienced by one who knows all is well between himself and the Lord (1Peter 1:8-note). Allow me to quote Galatians 5:22-23—in full. Spurgeon - Patience, too, is part of the fruit of the Spirit. 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