Galatians 5:22 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,

Galatians 5:21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

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

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

Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

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 "envy murders drunkenness orgies and things like..." into verse 23's "gentleness and self-control Against such things there...", 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.