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1 | second list of fruit of the spirit | Gal 5:19 | rpaige03 | 234256 | ||
Romans 8:23 mention first fruits of the Spirit and Galatians 5:19-21 lists the first fruits. Since there are first fruits,and it is specified as being first, is there a list of second fruit of the spirit? | ||||||
2 | second list of fruit of the spirit | Gal 5:19 | meta | 234257 | ||
You are onto something but it is not exactly what you think. The fruit of the Spirit in Gal 5 are not meant to be an exhaustive list and they are not referred to as first fruits. In fact the list is not plural fruits but rather fruit. Apples pears and oranges are fruits. apples are the fruit of the apple tree. The fruit of the Spirit is a term used in Gal 5:22.23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. The word fruit here is also translated as “benefit, crop, produce, profit” and some other terms. It is singular fruit not fruits. It could as easily be translated “the result of the Holy Spirit” The key to understanding the Fruit of the Holy Spirit however is found in the last part of verse23 “Against such there is no law.” The author of this book is encouraging the believers in Galatia to look beyond religion. To look far beyond what is required of us to what is possible for us. As we desire, long for, hunger for, and seek The Holy Spirit and the relationship we can have with Him through Jesus Christ, and the relationship we can have with Christ through Him, then this list of fruit is what is produced in us. It is glorious to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be free from what the law or religion requires, to be spurned on with the wind at our backs to produce things that The Holy Spirit is doing that cannot be listed here or in the law. It is not a list. It is a picture of the Holy Spirit in us which is in turn a picture of the character of Christ. All of our efforts in the flesh will never result in us looking like Jesus. You cannot receive or produce these fruits. They are not the fruit of your efforts. They are the fruit of freely receiving the Holy Spirit and giving up on trying to become Holy by what we do or do not do. The list is unending but all of the fruit of the Holy Spirit is pure and holy and will bring glory to God the Father and Jesus Christ. If we read Rom 8: 23 in context we see there is no list. The greek word aparche used here refers to the first portion of something of which there is more to come. There is more of the Holy Spirit than what was given. That may mean more yet to come for us or simply more than we have received. |
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