"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such
things there is no law." Galatians 5:2-23
If you want me to reference the original Koine I will do some research on the translation and get back with you, although it's fairly standard across the versions of the Bible. It's also a fairly standard life application in the majority of Christianity.
As far as an example, there are many Christians I know that do regularly exhibit these qualities. Now you say, where there are a lot of atheists you know that regularly exhibit those qualities.. blahblah doesn't make you Christian. It's just a litmus for proper Christian behavior from the Bible's standpoint. Feel free to throw it in a believer's face in the middle of any argument where you doubt their intent, including myself.
things there is no law." Galatians 5:2-23
If you want me to reference the original Koine I will do some research on the translation and get back with you, although it's fairly standard across the versions of the Bible. It's also a fairly standard life application in the majority of Christianity.
As far as an example, there are many Christians I know that do regularly exhibit these qualities. Now you say, where there are a lot of atheists you know that regularly exhibit those qualities.. blahblah doesn't make you Christian. It's just a litmus for proper Christian behavior from the Bible's standpoint. Feel free to throw it in a believer's face in the middle of any argument where you doubt their intent, including myself.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
