5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit 2 is love, 3 joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 4
1 tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).
2 tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.
3 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.
4 tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.