Matthew 5:5

5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Galatians 5:22-23

5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ¹  is love, ²  joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ³  5:23 gentleness, and ⁴  self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:1

Freedom of the Believer

5:1 For freedom ⁵  Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke ⁶  of slavery.

Galatians 6:11

Final Instructions and Benediction

6:11 See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!

James 1:21

1:21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly ⁷  welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 3:13

True Wisdom

3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. ⁸ 

[5:22]  ¹ tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.

[5:22]  ² 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]  ³ tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.

[5:23]  ⁴ 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.

[5:1]  ⁵ tn Translating the dative as “For freedom” shows the purpose for Christ setting us free; however, it is also possible to take the phrase in the sense of means or instrument (“with [or by] freedom”), referring to the freedom mentioned in 4:31 and implied throughout the letter.

[5:1]  ⁶ sn Here the yoke figuratively represents the burdensome nature of slavery.

[1:21]  ⁷ tn Or “with meekness.”

[3:13]  ⁸ tn Grk “works in the gentleness of wisdom.”