19 Bible Verses About Improving Yourself and Becoming a Better Person

  • Paul calls the qualities of a changed life the fruit of the Spirit, in the singular: one fruit with nine qualities (Galatians 5:22-23).
  • 2 Peter 1:5-7 asks for every effort to add one quality to another, and begins “for this very reason,” pointing back to what God has already given.
  • Romans 12:2 describes being transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that a person can test and approve God’s will.
  • James 1:4 asks that perseverance be allowed to finish its work, so that the believer may be mature and complete.
  • Philippians 2:3-4 measures growth by humility and concern for the interests of others.

Scripture describes becoming a better person as growth that God produces and people work at, and its word for the result is fruit. Paul writes “the fruit of the Spirit” in the singular: one fruit with nine qualities (Galatians 5:22-23). The nineteen verses below cover what grows, what is trained, what is asked for, what trials produce, and what the change is for. What grows Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,…

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