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NASB | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
Subject: Fruit vs. Works: the same or different? |
Bible Note: In my last post, I wrote (okay, typed): "Fruit of the Spirit: the evidence of God's work in me. :)" This is a continuation of that thought which also ties back to my original post, asking if "fruit" and "works" were one and the same. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 Jesus is the vine. We are the branches. What can a branch do apart from the vine but wither and die? What can the branch do when connected to the vine? Produce fruit. Where does the fruit come from? It is manifested on the branch but where did its life, its ability to grow or even exist, come from? It came from the vine. The branch simply manifests the evidence of the life supplied by the vine. Jesus supplies the life needed to produce fruit within us. We simply cannot "grow fruit" apart from Him. Any evidence of fruit in our lives only exists because of Him. In His own words, "Without Me you can do nothing." Nada. Zip. Zero. No fruit. Thoughts? In Him, Karen |