Ephesians 5:9
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Cross-references
In Ephesians 6:14, truth and righteousness reappear as armor pieces, echoing the fruit of light's components.
Ephesians 4:15 highlights speaking truth in love — the 'truth' component of the fruit of light, showing how truthfulness builds the body.
Ephesians 4:25 commands truthful speech as part of righteous living — a specific outworking of the 'truth' in the fruit of light.
In Galatians 5:22, the fruit of the Spirit includes goodness — directly overlapping with the fruit of light here.
In 1 John 3:10, doing what is right distinguishes God's children — precisely the fruit of light as evidence of divine family membership.
1 John 2:29 connects doing righteousness to being born of God — directly echoing the fruit of light as evidence of new birth.
1 Peter 2:24 shows Christ's death enables us to 'live for righteousness' — the foundation for bearing the fruit of light in Eph 5:9.
In Philippians 1:11, 'fruit of righteousness' similarly describes good works arising from Christ — the same image of righteous living as fruit.
Romans 15:14 says believers are 'full of goodness' — a direct parallel to the fruit of light including goodness.
In Psalm 112:4, light dawns for the righteous, who are gracious and compassionate — parallels the fruit of light's righteousness.
John 15:5 explicitly ties bearing fruit to abiding in Christ, just as the fruit of light flows from being light in the Lord.
Philippians 4:8 expands on virtues like true, noble, right, pure — directly aligning with the fruit of light's goodness, righteousness, and truth.
James 3:17 describes heavenly wisdom as full of good fruit, pure, peaceable — closely matching the fruit of light's virtues.
In Matthew 3:8, John calls for fruit in keeping with repentance — directly parallels the call to bear fruit of righteousness and truth.
John 3:21 links doing truth and coming to light — the fruit of light (goodness, righteousness, truth) is lived out openly.
2 Corinthians 9:10 speaks of a 'harvest of your righteousness' — linking righteousness to fruit, similar to righteousness as fruit of light.
Romans 12:2 describes transformed living that discerns God's good will — parallel to the goodness, righteousness, and truth of light's fruit.
Romans 6:22 speaks of the fruit of holiness and eternal life from being slaves of God — similar sanctification fruit.
Romans 2:4 describes God's kindness leading to repentance — the same goodness believers are to bear as fruit.
In 1 Timothy 6:11, the pursuit of righteousness, godliness, and faith mirrors the fruit of light — virtues that characterize a believer's walk.
Matthew 7:17 uses the same fruit metaphor — good trees bear good fruit, mirroring the fruit of light in Ephesians.