Of the fruits of the Spirit, is there one more important than the others?

Question

Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Answer 1

Love it is. 1 Corinthians chapter 13

We usually hear some version of it in wedding vows.

I'm thinking love is greatest because it includes all the other fruits. It comes first, and Galatians makes it clear that the lust of the flesh is not love.

Misunderstanding of Biblical love is what leads to so many divorces today, yet it is odd that 1 Corinthians is commonly used in Christian weddings.

Answer 2

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

BUT THE GREATEST IS LOVE (1 Cor 13:13)

Answer 3

If you look back at Gal 5:22, you will see that the fruit of the spirit is singular. Everything you listed is all part of the one fruit, the Fruit of the Spirit.

Answer 4

Such a question is irrelevant if you have the fruits of the spirit in general?

But to answer your question in a different way, think of sin. The bible says, "the wages of sin is death...". There for a sin, any sin, is enough to condemn a soul forever!

In the same way a fruit of the spirit, any fruit, is rewardable by God and therefore all are equal.

Answer 5

it truly is the respond... (Galatians 22-25) however the fruit of the Spirit is love, exhilaration, peace, endurance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-discipline. against such issues there isn't any regulation. people who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. because of the fact that we are living via the Spirit, enable us to maintain according to the Spirit.

Answer 6

Jesus said but the greatest commandment is to love the lord your god with all your heart mind and soul and love your neighbor as yourself. So, I think that love is the most important of all the fruit of the spirit because it basically sums it all up.

Answer 7

The evidences of the spirit are all important to help us grow to a complete Christian.

The works of the flesh are those things done without God and there are of the world

Answer 8

The greatest of these (the fruits if the Spirit) is love.

Answer 9

It is the fruit--not fruits--of the Spirit.
The fruit of the Spirit work hand in hand and one virtue is not more important than the rest.

Answer 10

I heard somewhere that the fruit without works is dead, so that would be the one of least importance.