Ephesians 5:9

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(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand, then, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist and the breastplate of righteousness in place.
  • Rom 15:14 : 14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.
  • Ps 16:2-3 : 2 I said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.' 3 As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
  • Heb 1:8 : 8 But about the Son He says, 'Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness will be the scepter of Your kingdom.'
  • Heb 11:33 : 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
  • 1 Pet 2:24-25 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed. 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!'

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  • Gal 5:22-23
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    23gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

  • Eph 5:10-11
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    10Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

    11Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

  • Phil 1:10-11
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    10So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

    11Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Gal 5:16-19
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    16I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

    17For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want to do.

    18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

  • Col 1:10
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    10so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

  • Jas 3:17-18
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    17But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere.

    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

  • Matt 7:17-18
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    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

    18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

  • Col 1:5-6
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    5This faith and love spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven, which you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel.

    6That gospel has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

  • 1 Cor 13:6
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    6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is made visible is light.

  • 2 Pet 1:8
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    8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  • Gal 5:25
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    25If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

  • Eph 5:17-18
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    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

    18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • John 3:21
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    21But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Rom 14:17
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    17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • Luke 6:43-44
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    43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

    44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from bramble bushes.

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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

    24and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

  • 2 Cor 6:6
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    6in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love;

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    11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

  • Phil 2:15
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    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverted generation. Among them, you shine as lights in the world,

  • Eph 4:15
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    15But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness.