Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin …
Summary: How do we keep others from falling into sin? Paul is instructing us on this topic, but we need to proceed with caution and love.
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Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Summary: Becoming conceited and appearing conceited are two different things.
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Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Summary: Paul’s simple encouragement to “live by the Spirit” opens the door to wonderment as we consider what he means.
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Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Summary: When God enters, our lives become a battlefield between the Spirit and the flesh. With God’s help, we can choose life in the Spirit and crucify the flesh.
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[T]he fruit of the Spirit …
Summary: Looking back at Paul’s list of the “fruit of the Spirit,” we discover that the fruit of God’s Spirit is actually poured into us before we can share it with others.
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The acts of the flesh are obvious …
Summary: Looking back over Paul’s two lists, we find there are still more treasures of insight to explore.
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Against such things there is no law.
Summary: Paul points us to a place where God wants us to be. If we are following Jesus, that is where he is leading us.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is … self-control.
Summary: Self-control is the crown on the head of the people of God.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is … gentleness …
Summary: Gentleness is the ability to carry an egg without dropping it.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is … faithfulness …
Summary: Faithfulness is a word best understood by looking at its opposite, unfaithfulness.
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