Col 1:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. your love-- ( ); "to all the saints." in the Spirit-- the sphere or element IN which alone true love is found; as distinguished from the state of those "in the flesh" ( ). Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love ( ). Love is the first and chief fruit of the Spirit ( ).

‏ Colossians 1:8

8. your love--(Col 1:4); "to all the saints."

in the Spirit--the sphere or element IN which alone true love is found; as distinguished from the state of those "in the flesh" (Ro 8:9). Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Col 3:12-14). Love is the first and chief fruit of the Spirit (Ga 5:22).