Galatians 5:22–23

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit41 is love,42 joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,43 5:23 gentleness, and44 self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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41	tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.
42	sn Another way to punctuate this is “love” followed by a colon (love: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). It is thus possible to read the eight characteristics following “love” as defining love.
43	tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.
44	tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series.