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for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
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Light Produces Fruit
Scholars note that the best manuscripts read "the fruit of the light," connecting directly to the command to "walk as children of light" in the previous verse. The metaphor is powerful: just as physical light is necessary for a tree to grow and bear fruit, living in God's spiritual light is the necessary condition for a believer's life to produce the fruit of good character.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the fruit of the Spirit. That is, since the Holy Spirit, through the gospel, produces goodness, righteousness, and truth, see that you…
The fruit of light (ο καρπος του φωτος). Two metaphors (fruit, light) combined. See Ga 5:22 for "the fruit of the Spirit." The lat…
19th Century
Anglican
For the fruit . . .—The true reading is of the Light, for which the easier phrase, “the fruit of the Spirit,” ha…
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Baptist
We ought to pray that our whole life may be acceptable unto the Lord. We are ourselves accepted in the Beloved; and, that being t…
A parenthesis explains the command at the end of v.8. Light is known by its effects. When the light of Christ shines in the lives of believers it p…
16th Century
Protestant
For the fruit of the light. This parenthesis is introduced to point out the road in which the children of light ought to walk. A …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the fruit of the Spirit Either of the spirit of man, as renewed, or rather of the Spirit of God; the allusion is…
Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and detested. Here are not only cautions against blatant acts of sin, but also against …
