Lyrics · Galatians
The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:1-26
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About this song
This song belongs to the Galatians collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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- Galatians
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians · Mediterranean orchestral dance
[Liberty]
Stand fast in the freedom where Christ has made free,
Do not wear again the old yoke of slavery.
Neither mark nor its absence can make the heart whole,
But faith working through love fulfills what is owed.
[Verse I]
You ran well before; who hindered the race?
A little leaven spreads through the whole place.
Liberty is never an opening for flesh,
By love serve each other and neighbor be blessed.
[Works of Flesh]
The works are made manifest, bitter and plain:
Uncleanness and hatred, division and rage,
Envy and murder, drunkenness, strife,
A harvest that cannot inherit God's life.
[Chorus]
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
Longsuffering, gentleness, goodness released,
Faith, meekness, temperance growing as one,
Against such fruit no law has been drawn.
The fruit of the Spirit is not empty speech,
It ripens in those who keep step as He leads.
[Bridge]
They that are Christ's have crucified flesh,
Its passions and cravings no longer enthroned.
If we live in the Spirit, then walk in the Spirit,
No vain glory provoking the weak or our own.
[Final Chorus]
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
A living harvest where bondage must cease.
Stand fast in liberty, serve through love,
And walk in the Spirit with eyes fixed above.
[Outro]
Freedom had a harvest,
And its fruit looked like Christ.

