Charles Spurgeon Commentary Galatians 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law." — Galatians 5:22-23 (ASV)

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

Surely, no law, neither human nor divine, is against them. These are things that are universally commended. But if we do not have them—if they are not found in us—then we do not have the Spirit, for if we had the Spirit, we would manifest the fruit of the Spirit.

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

Neither human nor divine. Good people make no law against these things, nor does God, for he approves of them. What a wonderful cluster of the grapes of Eshcol we have here! "The fruit of the Spirit" – as if all this were but one after all; – many luscious berries forming one great cluster. Oh, that all these things may be in us and abound, that we may be neither barren nor unfruitful!

Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

Joy and peace seem to blossom and ripen out of love.

Longsuffering, too, is part of the fruit of the Spirit. You will be hourly tried, but the Spirit of God will give you patience to suffer long and to endure much. You will also have gentleness. Some people are very hard, stern, severe, quick-tempered, passionate; but the true follower of Christ will be gentle and tender, even as he was.

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

Either human or divine; everyone agrees that these things are all good.