10 The Gifts and Fruit of The Spirit

ARTICLE XII: THE GIFTS AND FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

We believe that the Holy Spirit has the following gifts to bestow upon the believing church of the Lord Jesus Christ: wisdom, knowledge, faith, miracles, prophecy, discernment, tongues, interpretation; that according to the degree of grace and faith possessed by the recipient, these gifts are divided to every and severally as He, the Holy Spirit, wills; that they are to be most earnestly desired and coveted in the order and proportion wherein they prove most edifying and beneficial to the church; and that the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, should be put forth, cultivated and diligently guarded as the resultant adornment, the constant, eloquent and irrefutable evidence of a Spirit- filled life.” (1 Cor. 12:1,31, 1 Cor. 12:11; Rom. 11:29; 12:6-8; John 15:8; Luke 3:9)