Fruit of the Spirit

[Gary]

Against such things there is no law

Against such things there is no law

Against such things there is no law, Paul says. Even unbelievers do not make laws against such things as those which the fruit of the Spirit produces. The world does not make laws against such behavior, but generally prizes it. Even if some consider such things to be signs of weakness, they cannot escape recognizing that they are never harmful.

There is certainly no law of God against such things, because those are the very virtues He wants all men to have and that He gives to them when they put their trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

• “For if these qualities are yours and are increasing,†Peter explains in regard to a similar list of virtues, “they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ†(2 Peter 1:8).

The believer who walks in the Spirit and manifests His fruit does not need a system of law to produce the right attitudes and behavior-they rise from within him.

Source: MacArthur, John. F., Galatians: The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, (Chicago: Moody Press) 1987.