5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit 1 is love, 2 joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 3
6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 4 with your spirit, brothers and sisters. 5 Amen.
1 tn That is, the fruit the Spirit produces.
2 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 tn Or “reliability”; see BDAG 818 s.v. πίστις 1.a.
4 tn Or “is.” No verb is stated, but a wish (“be”) rather than a declarative statement (“is”) is most likely in a concluding greeting such as this.
5 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:11.