Galatians 5:22-23 (DRB)

Passage

But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects,

Galatians 5:21 Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

Galatians 5:23 Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "faith", "fruit", "charity", "peace", "patience", "benignity", 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 "Envies murders drunkenness revellings and such like..." into verse 24's "And they that are Christ's have crucified...", 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.