Verse of the Day

Footnotes

1. Galatians 5:22 tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.
2. Galatians 5:22 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.
3. Galatians 5:22 tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.
4. Galatians 5:23 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.