What are the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit?
Galatians 5:19-23 (KJB) gives very explicit descriptions to what we can expect from the two natures of man. From the natural man we can expect adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, revelling, and such like. However, from the spiritual man we can expect much deeper qualities which the Bible calls the fruit of the spirit. These are identified as love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. The works of the flesh we can easily understand for we are always combating them in some form or another in the natural world. Paul connected them with the law to help us understand that these are things we do. Their descriptions indicate actions which are observable and may be readily identified or perceived. Further, by identifying them with the law, it is understood that those who engage in the works of the flesh are in violat
