Galatians 5:22-23 (ASV)

Passage

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,

Galatians 5:21 envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "faith", "fruit", "love", "peace", "longsuffering", "kindness", and "goodness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "envyings drunkenness revellings and such like of..." into verse 24's "And they that are of Christ Jesus...", so "Spirit" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In Galatians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.