Fruit of the Spirit

I took the time to search this out and break it down to its meaning to clear up confusion.
Gal. 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Eph. 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
1. Love - 1) affection, good will, love, compassion, brotherly love. 2) love feasts
2. Joy - A) joy, gladness a) the joy received from you b) the cause or occasion of joy
3. Peace - 1) a state of national tranquility a) exemption from the rage and havoc of war
2) peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord
3) security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous)
4) of the Messiah's peace
a) the way that leads to peace (salvation)
5) of Christianity, the peaceful state of a soul assured of its salvation through Messiah, and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is
4. Longsuffering - 1) patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance
2) forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs
5. Gentleness - 1) moral goodness, integrity 2) benignity, kindness
6. Goodness - 1) uprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindheartedness
7. Faith - 1) conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the Bible of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to G-d and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervors born of faith and joined with it
a) relating to G-d
1) the conviction that G-d exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Messiah
b) relating to Messiah
1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Y’Shua is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of G-d
c) the religious beliefs of Believers
d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in G-d or in Messiah, springing from faith in the same
2) fidelity, faithfulness
a) the character of one who can be relied on
8. Meekness - 1) gentleness, tenderness, humbleness
9. Temperance - 1) self-control (the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, esp. his sensual appetites)
10. Righteousness - 1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to G-d
a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of G-d
b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting
2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due
11. Truth - 1) objectively
a) what is true in any matter under consideration
1) truly, in truth, according to truth
2) of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly
b) what is true in things appertaining to G-d and the duties of man, moral and religious truth
1) in the greatest latitude
2) the true notions of G-d which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention
c) the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting G-d and the execution of His purposes through Messiah, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians
2) subjectively
a) truth as a personal excellence
1) that candor of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit
Eph. 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Fellowship - 1) to become a partaker together with others. 2) to have fellowship with one waling with darkness, serving another source.
Work - 1) business, employment, that which any one is occupied
a) that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking
2) any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind
3) an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasized in opp. to that which is less than work
Darkness – night darkness, metaph.
a) of ignorance respecting divine things and human duties, and the accompanying ungodliness and immorality, together with their consequent misery in hell
b) persons in whom darkness becomes visible and holds sway
Bottom line if they have even one of the fruit of the Spirit you may fellowship with them to bring them in the light, but if they are serving ‘spiritual darkness’ and choose to continue have no fellowship with them.
Reprove - 1) to convict, refute, confute
a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted
b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose
2) to find fault with, correct
a) by word
1) to reprehend severely, express disapproval, give a warning, scold
2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation
b) by deed
1) to chasten, to punish
Matt. 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Matt. 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Bottom line: We are to look at a person’s fruit, no where does it say a Believer’s ‘sins’.
If they have any of the above fruit, concentrate on that and let G-d deal with the rest.
Gal. 5:24 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.