11 translations · Greek

Galatians 5:22

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

World English Bible

Galatians 5:22 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
KJV King James Version
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
ASV American Standard Version
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
LSV Literal Standard Version
And the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
FBV Free Bible Version
But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
DBY Darby Translation
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
WBT Webster’s Bible
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Ὁ Ho the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
δὲ de But G1161 δέ then
καρπὸς karpos fruit G2590 καρπός fruit
τοῦ tou of the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Πνεύματός Pneumatos Spirit G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit
ἐστιν estin is G1510 εἰμί to be
ἀγάπη agapē love G26 ἀγάπη love
χαρά chara joy G5479 χαρά joy
εἰρήνη eirēnē peace G1515 εἰρήνη peace
μακροθυμία makrothymia patience G3115 μακροθυμία patience
χρηστότης chrēstotēs kindness G5544 χρηστότης kindness
ἀγαθωσύνη agathōsynē goodness G19 ἀγαθωσύνη goodness
πίστις pistis faithfulness G4102 πίστις faith
  • Colossians 3:12–17

    Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. …

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

    Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; …

  • John 15:5

    I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

  • James 3:17–18

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

  • John 15:2

    Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

  • Ephesians 5:9

    for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

  • Psalm 1:3

    He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

  • John 15:16

    You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

  • Philippians 4:4–9

    Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. …

  • Romans 7:4

    Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.

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In context

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

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.

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

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

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

Read all of Galatians 5 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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