Meekness. (See Barnes on Matthew 5:5)

Temperance. The word used here, egkrateia, properly means self-control or c…

Meekness, temperance.—“Meekness” is something more than “mildness,” which has been suggested as an alternative translation. “Mildn…

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law…

“Gentleness” (GK 4559) describes those who are so much in control of themselves that they are always angry at the right time and never angry at the…

Against such there is no law. Some understand these words as meaning simply that the law is not directed against good works, “from evil ma…

Meekness
Humility and lowliness of mind, of which Christ is an eminent example and pattern; and which the Holy Spiri…

If it is our care to act under the guidance and power of the blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and oppositions of the c…

Having listed the works of the flesh, the Apostle then reveals the works of the Spirit.