GAL 5:22 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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

UST Yet the Holy Spirit enables us believers in the Messiah to love others and be joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

BSB & MSB But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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

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

OEB But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

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

NLT But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

NIV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

CEV God's Spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful,

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

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

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

WEBBE & WMBB But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,[fn]

5:22 or, faithfulness

MSG ^(22-24)But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.

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

LSV And the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

FBV But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,

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

T4T But God’s Spirit causes us to do these things: We love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust.

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

NRSV By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

NKJV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

NAB In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

BBE But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

Moff But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

Wymth The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

ASV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

DRA But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity,

YLT And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Drby But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,

RV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
(But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering/patient, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,)

SLT And the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Wbstr But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

KJB-1769 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering/patient, gentleness, goodness, faith,)

KJB-1611 But the fruit of the spirit is loue, ioy, peace, long suffering, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth,
(But the fruit of the spirit is, love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,)

Gnva But the fruite of the Spirit is loue, ioye, peace, long suffering, gentlenes, goodnes, fayth,
(But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering/patient, gentlenes, goodness, faith,)

Cvdl But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,
(But the fruit of the spirit, is love, joy, peace, long-suffering/patient, getlenes, goodness, faithfulness,)

TNT But the frute of sprete is loue ioye peace longesufferinge gentlenes goodnes faythfulnes
(But the fruit of spirit is love joy peace longesufferinge gentlenes goodness faithfulness)

Wycl But the fruyt of the spirit is charite, ioye, pees, pacience, long abidyng,
(But the fruit of the spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, long abiding,)

Luth Die Frucht aber des Geistes ist: Liebe, Freude, Friede, Geduld, Freundlichkeit, Gütigkeit, Glaube, Sanftmut, Keuschheit.
(The fruit but the spirit is: love(n), joy/pleasure/delight, peace/quietness, patience, friendliness, Gütigkeit, faith, Sanftmut, Keuschheit.)

ClVg Fructus autem Spiritus est caritas, gaudium, pax, patientia, benignitas, bonitas, longanimitas,[fn]
(Fructus however Spirit it_is charity, joy, peace, patience/endurance, benignitas, goodness, longnimitas,)

5.22 Charitas. Caput præmisit, unde membra sequuntur. Non enim bene aliquis gaudet, qui non diligit bonum unde gaudet. Non habet pacem veram cum aliquo, nisi eum diligat. Non est longanimis perseveranter exspectando nisi ferveat diligendo. Non est benignus, nisi diligat cui opitulatur. Non est bonus, nisi diligendo. Non fidelis salubriter, nisi ea fide quæ per dilectionem operatur. Non est mansuetus qui dilectione non moderatur. Non continet se quis ab eo unde turpatur, nisi diligat unde honestatur. Merito ergo charitatem sic sæpe commendat, quasi sola sit præcipienda, quæ non potest haberi sine cæteris, quibus homo efficitur bonus. Gaudium. Puritas conscientiæ. Unde: Non est impiis gaudere, dicit Dominus Isa. 48..

5.22 Charity. The_head sent_ahead, from_where/who members they_follow. Not/No because well someone rejoices, who/which not/no he_loves good from_where/who rejoices. Not/No has peace true when/with somewhere, except him loves. Not/No it_is longnimis perseveranter waitndo except ferveat diligendo. Not/No it_is kind/friendly, except loves to_whom opitulatur. Not/No it_is good/kind/gracious, except diligendo. Not/No faithful healthily, except them with_faith which through love works. Not/No it_is gentle who/which with_love not/no moderatur. Not/No contains himself who/any away by_him from_where/who turpatur, except loves from_where/who honestatur. Merito therefore charity so often recommends, as_if alone be beforecipienda, which not/no can to_be_had without the_rests, to_whom man it_is_done good/kind/gracious. Gaudium. Puritas conscience. From_where/who: Not/No it_is wicked to_rejoice, he_says Master Isa. 48..

UGNT ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,
(ho de karpos tou Pneumatos estin agapaʸ, ⱪara, eiraʸnaʸ, makrothumia, ⱪraʸstotaʸs, agathōsunaʸ, pistis,)

SBL-GNT Ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,
(Ho de karpos tou pneumatos estin agapaʸ, ⱪara, eiraʸnaʸ, makrothumia, ⱪraʸstotaʸs, agathōsunaʸ, pistis,)

RP-GNT Ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,
(Ho de karpos tou pneumatos estin agapaʸ, ⱪara, eiraʸnaʸ, makrothumia, ⱪraʸstotaʸs, agathōsunaʸ, pistis,)

TC-GNT ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις,
(ho de karpos tou Pneumatos estin agapaʸ, ⱪara, eiraʸnaʸ, makrothumia, ⱪraʸstotaʸs, agathōsunaʸ, pistis,)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:13–26: Let the Spirit of God lead you

In this section, Paul talked about what freedom means. He no longer focused on how a person is made righteous. He focused on how a person who has received the righteousness of Christ should live.

Paul told the Galatians that choosing to live their lives in the power of the Holy Spirit would keep them from living sinful lives. It would keep them from living as slaves to the law. A life lived in the Spirit is a life of love for each other.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Follow closely the Spirit of God

Obey God’s Spirit, not your sinful desires

Paragraph 5:22–23

In this paragraph, Paul reminded the Galatians that following the Spirit results in godly character. That godly character is in contrast to the works of the sinful nature.

5:22a

But the fruit of the Spirit is

¶ But what comes from the Spirit is
¶ However, the Spirit causes a person to
¶ But when the Spirit of God leads a person, that person

But: There is a contrast between 5:19–21 and 5:22. The contrast is between the “the acts of the flesh” and the “fruit of the Spirit.” The BSB indicates this contrast with the word But.

Some other ways to show this contrast are:

In contrast

However

the fruit of the Spirit is: Here the word fruit is used in a figurative sense. It refers to the characteristics of a person whom the Spirit leads. The Holy Spirit living in a person produces these characteristics. In most languages, it will not be possible to use the word fruit in this figurative way.

Some other ways to translate this clause are:

the Spirit causes a person to

if a person is led by the Spirit, he is

what comes from the Spirit is

when the Spirit leads/guides a person, that person has the following behavior/characteristics:

5:22b–d

In this list, the focus is on Christian character. It is not a list of actions. In some languages, there are idioms for these characteristics.

Some of these words are similar, and some languages may have a term that covers two of these Greek words.

5:22b

love, joy, peace,

love, joy/happiness, peace/harmony,
love others, rejoice, be at peace with others,
loves others, he is joyful/happy, he lives in peace/harmony with others,

love: Here the word love refers primarily to loving other people.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to love others

he loves others

joy: The Greek word that the BSB translates as joy means “gladness” and “happiness” that come from the presence of the Holy Spirit in us.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to rejoice

gladness

he is happy

peace: The Greek word that The BSB translates as peace refers to harmony and well-being.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to be at peace

calmness

he lives in harmony with others

5:22c

patience, kindness, goodness,

patience, helpfulness, goodness,
be patient with others, be kind, be good,
he endures whatever happens, he is kind, he is good/generous to others,

patience: The Greek word that the BSB translates as patience refers to endurance or longsuffering. It characterizes a person who does not easily become angry, even when he is insulted. He is ready to forgive other people when they do wrong to him. He does not complain.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to be patient

tolerant with others

he endures whatever happens

kindness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as kindness refers to kind actions towards other people.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to be kind to others

he is helpful/generous

to be considerate of people

goodness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as goodness is similar to kindness. This word refers to moral excellence, an upright character. Nothing bad can be said about such a person. It also includes generosity.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

uprightness

generosity

he does good to others

5:22d

faithfulness,

trustworthiness,
be faithful,
he does what he says he will do,

faithfulness: The Greek word that the BSB translates as faithfulness refers to dependability and reliability.

Some other ways to translate this word are:

to be faithful

he is dependable/reliable

people can trust him

he does what he says he will do

See faith, Meaning 3 in the Glossary for more information.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὁ & καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός

the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Δέ καρπός τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐστίν ἀγάπη χαρά εἰρήνη μακροθυμία χρηστότης ἀγαθωσύνη πίστις)

Paul is using the possessive form to describe the fruit that the Spirit gives to believers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [the fruit that the Spirit gives]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ & καρπὸς

Here, fruit refers to a result or outcome. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the product] or [the result]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις

love joy peace patience kindness goodness faith

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: [acting lovingly, joyfully, peacefully, patiently, kindly, in a good manner, faithfully]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰρήνη

peace

Here, peace could mean: (1) a peaceful feeling. Alternate translation: [feeling peaceful]; (2) a peaceful relationship with other people. Alternate translation: [peace with others]

Parallel GAL 5:22

Section 5:13–26: Let the Spirit of God lead you

Paragraph 5:22–23

5:22a

5:22b–d

5:22b

5:22c

5:22d