How many fruits of the Spirit are there? Count them:
Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
If you came up with nine, count again. look at the third word, "fruit." It's singular. The fruit of the Holy Spirit, which indwells every believer, is love, joy, peace, etc.... Don't think of it in terms of "He has the fruit of self-control, but she has the fruit of kindness." As Spirit-filled Christians, we should have all of these elements that make up the fruit of the Spirit. Let us not be satisfied with having one or some elements of the fruit of the Spirit. Let us strive to reveal all of these elements that are in every true believer because the Spirit puts all of those in us when we receive Him.
So, there is one fruit of the Spirit, and it includes love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
-just something God's been teaching me latel
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