Contributed by Lucy Paynter on Oct 21, 2023
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In Galatians 5:22–23, Paul shifts to happier thoughts, saying, “But the fruit of the Spirit is …”
  In what follows, he gives nine characteristics of the Holy Spirit’s work in the life of a born-again believer. 
                
                    
                        Unlike the word works (of the flesh), fruit is singular, indicating that the nine characteristics are part of a unified whole and are not separable. In other words, a believer doesn’t have some and not others, though their relative strength may vary.
Love, by which Paul means the love of God
                        
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