ROSE AND LINDA'S JOURNAL FRUIT OF THE SPIRT [EXPLAINED]

LOVE  Greek agape, Latin caritas.  Agape denotes undefeatable benevolence and unconquerable good will, that always seeks the highest of the other, no matter what he does.  1 Cor 13:  4-8a.  2 John 1:6 defines love.

JOY Greek chara, Latin gaudium.  The Greek word for joy is derived from the word charis, which is the Greek word for grace.   This means 'joy' is not a human-based happiness that comes and goes, but rather true 'joy' is divine in its origin.  Neh 8:10 'The joy of the Lord is your strength.'  can be further understood to properly mean 'the awareness of God's grace, favor; joy.

PEACE Greek eirene, Latin pax.  Peace is the result of resting in a relationship with God.  Peace is tranquility, a state of rest, that comes from seeking after God..Eirene is God's gift of wholeness and derives from eiro, to join, tie together into a whole, properly, when all essentially parts are joined together as one or as a whole.  John 14:27

PATIENCE Greek makrothumia, Latin longanimitas.  Makrothumis comes from makros meaning long and thumos meaning tempter.  it denotes lenience, forbearance, fortitude, patience endurance, longsuffering.  It describes a person who is able to exercise revenge but instead exercises restraint.  It is also translated  as endurance, constancy, perseverance, continuance, bearing up, steadfastness, holding out, patient endurance.  Describing the ability to bear up under difficult circumstances with a hopeful fortitude that actively resists weariness and defeat.  Heb 10:36

KINDNESS Greek chrestotes, Latin benignitas.  Kindness does not necessarily mean being nice.  ble.  Kindness is acting for the good of people regardless of what they do. Chestotes and benignitas denotes kindnesses in action, sweetness of disposition, gentleness in dealing with others, benevolence, kindness, affability.  Paul uses this word to describe God's kindness for unsaved people.  Romans 11:22, Eph 2:7, 2 Thess 1:11

GOODNESS Greek agathosune, Latin bonitas.  The state or quality of being good.  Moral excellence; virtue.  Kindly feeling, kindness, generosity, joy in being good.  The best part of anything; Essence; Strength.  General character recognized in quality or conduct.

FAITHFULNESS Greek pistis, Latin fides.  The root of pistis means to persuade or be persuaded which supplies the core-meaning of faith as being divine persuasion, received from God, and never generated by man.  Hebrews tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus the author and perfector of our faith, who for joy set before Him endured the cross, scoring its shame,and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

GENTLENESS Greek prautes, Latin modestia.  Praules commonly know as meekness, which is a divinely-balances virtue that can only operate through faith.  1 Tim 6:11, 2 Tim 2:22-25  It is disposition that is even tempered, tranquil, balanced in spirit, unpretentious, and that has passions under control.  Power and strength under control.   A person who possesses this quality pardons injuries, corrects faults, and rules his own spirit well.

SELF-CONTROL Greek egkrateia, Latin continentia.  Egkrateia used in Galatins 5:23 means having command or mastery over, or possession of, one's own behavior.  This is accomplished through and by the power of the Lord, proceeding out from within oneself, but not by oneself.

And you thought you knew the meaning of these words.  They can all be covered by the last sentence,  "Proceeding out from within oneself, but not by oneself."

God Bless

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