Faith & Values: The fruits of the spirit

Faith & Values: The fruits of the spirit

Would you eat a banana peel? Of course not! The sweet, nutritious fruit is found inside, beneath the peel. Another kind of sweet and perfect inner fruit is described in the New Testament by Paul. While addressing the Ephesians (chapter 4, verses 22-24), Paul contrasts the man inside with the outer man. He urges us to “put off the old man…and put on the new man.” These two concepts of man contradict each other. The inner man, or “new” man, is the…