{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/gal005.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/gal005.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/gal005.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nno effect\nThat is, of no experimental effect: the sense of liberty is lost. (Gal 2:21); (Col 1:23).\ngrace\nGrace (in salvation). (Eph 1:6); (Eph 1:7); (Rom 3:24).\n(See Scofield) - (Gal 1:6).\n(See Scofield) - (Joh 1:17).\nrighteousness\n(See Scofield) - (Rom 10:10).\nunder the law\nThat is, not under bondage of effort to please God by law-works. (Co2 3:17).\nBut the fruit\nChristian character is not mere moral or legal correctness, but the possession and manifestation of nine graces:\nlove, joy, peace -- character as an inward state;\nlongsuffering, gentleness, goodness -- character in expression toward man;\nfaith, meekness, temperance -- character in expression toward God.\nTaken together, they present a moral portrait of Christ, and may be taken as the apostle's explanation of (Gal 2:20). \"Not I, but Christ,\" and as a definition of \"fruit\" in (Joh 15:1-8). This character is possible because of the believer's vital union to Christ; (Joh 15:5); (Co1 12:12); (Co1 12:13); and is wholly the fruit of the Spirit in those believers who are yielded to Him. (Gal 5:22); (Gal 5:23).","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: Galatians: Galatians Chapt...","type":"page"}