Galatians 5:21-23
Context5:21 envying, 1 murder, 2 drunkenness, carousing, 3 and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit 4 is love, 5 joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 6 5:23 gentleness, and 7 self-control. Against such things there is no law.


[5:21] 1 tn This term is plural in Greek (as is “murder” and “carousing”), but for clarity these abstract nouns have been translated as singular.
[5:21] 2 tc ‡ φόνοι (fonoi, “murders”) is absent in such important
[5:21] 3 tn Or “revelings,” “orgies” (L&N 88.287).
[5:22] 4 tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.
[5:22] 5 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.
[5:22] 6 tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.
[5:23] 7 tn “And” is supplied here as a matter of English style, which normally inserts “and” between the last two elements of a list or series.