Galatians 5:22 (LSB)

Passage

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,

Galatians 5:21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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

Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "faith", "fruit", "love", "peace", "patience", "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 "envying drunkenness carousing and things like these..." into verse 23's "gentleness self-control Against such things there is...", 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.