*1. What hope does the promise of verse 16 offer a believer?
*2. Read Galatians 5:19-25. What is the root of the contrast between the two ways of living described here?
*3 Consider the character qualities which are called “the fruit of the Spirit” in verses 22 and 23. What is significant about the fact atet why are called “fruit” in contrast with the “acts” of the sinful nature?
*4. Which of the fruit of the Spirit have you sensed in yourself or been told that other see in you? Which of the fruit of the Spirit do you chronically lack?
* questions taken from John Stott’s study guide on Galatians.
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