This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations can be accessed at the hyperlinked citation to Galatians 5:22-26 below.
Information on the original Greek what seem to be the words is provided in blue with hyperlinks to the sources.
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, 23gentleness and self-control; no law can touch such things as these. 24All who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified self with all its passions and its desires.
25Since we are living by the Spirit, let our behaviour be guided by the Spirit 26and let us not be conceited or provocative and envious of one another.
fruit = καρπός = karpos Blue Letter Bible that which is produced by the inherent energy of a living organism; the visible expression of power working inwardly and invisibly; advantage, profit;sanctification; that which originates or comes from something, an effect, result; work, act, deed; utility; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the fruits of the earth, corn, harvest, produce; taxes paid in kind; returns, profits; reward
love = ἀγάπη = agape Blue Letter Bible affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the love of husband and wife; brotherly love, charity
joy = χαρά = chara Blue Letter Bible delight, gladness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon delight
peace = εἰρήνη = eirēnē Blue Letter Bible harmonious relationships between men; friendliness; the sense of rest and contentment; The corresponding Heb. word shalom primarily signifies "wholeness"; quietness; harmony, concord; security, safety, prosperity, felicity; quietness, rest; way leading to peace, a course of life promoting harmony; a formula of wishing well, blessing, addressed by the Hebrews to departing friends; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon profound peace
patience = μακροθυμία = makrothymia Blue Letter Bible forbearance, longsuffering; endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; slowness in avenging wrongs; especially as shown in bearing troubles and ills; R. Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament patience in respect of persons
kindness = χρηστότης = chrēstotēs Blue Letter Bible goodness of heart; moral goodness, integrity; benignity; excellence (in character or demeanor); gentleness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon goodness, honesty, uprightness; goodness of heart; simplicity
goodness = ἀγαθωσύνη = agathōsynē Blue Letter Bible uprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindness; virtue or beneficence; Jerome distinguishes between kindness and goodness in that the former describes the kindlier aspects of "goodness," the latter includes also the sterner qualities by which doing "good" to others is not necessarily by gentle means; a kindly activity on behalf of others;
faithfulness = πίστις = pistis Blue Letter Bible firm persuasion, a conviction; trust; an assurance; the main element in "faith" in its relation to the invisible God, as distinct from "faith" in man; trust and holy fervor; a strong and welcome conviction; belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence); the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things; a power that seizes upon the soul; fidelity, faithfulness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon trust; persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance; credit
gentleness= πραΰτης = prautēs Blue Letter Bible meekness; mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit; R. Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament an inwrought grace of the soul; and the exercises of it are first and chiefly towards God (Matt. 11:29; Jam. 1:21). It is that temper of spirit in which we accept his dealings with us as good, and therefore without disputing or resisting; This meekness, however, being first of all a meekness before God, is also such in the face of men, even of evil men, out of a sense that these, with the insults and injuries which they may inflict, are remitted and employed by Him for the chastening and purifying of his elect.
self-control = ἐγκράτεια = egkrateia Blue Letter Bible self-control; mastering desires and passions, esp. sensual appetites; temperance; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon mastery over; self-control; control over
crucified = σταυρόω = stauroō Blue Letter Bible to stake, drive down stakes; to impale on the cross; destroy power utterly; to extinguish; hang; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon destroy its power
self = σάρξ = sarx Blue Letter Bible the complete person; a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the whole body
passions = πάθημα = pathēma Blue Letter Bible affliction; passion; externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity, evil, affliction; an inward state, an affliction, passion; an enduring, undergoing; something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon that which befalls one, suffering, misfortune; emotion or condition, affection; feelings; troubles, symptoms
desires = ἐπιθυμία = epithymia Blue Letter Bible desire, craving, longing; strong desire of any kind; lusts; Such lusts are not necessarily base and immoral, they may be refined in character, but are evil if inconsistent with the will of God; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon desire, yearning, passion, appetite; longing after, inclination
living = ζάω = zaō Blue Letter Bible to live, be among the living, be alive (not lifeless, not dead); to continue to live, to be kept alive; to enjoy real life; to have true life and worthy of the name; to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting; to be in full vigour; to be fresh, strong, efficient, active, powerful, efficacious
be guided = στοιχέω = stoicheō Blue Letter Bible to walk in line; to proceed in a row as the march of a soldier, go in order; to go on prosperously, to turn out well; to walk; to direct one's life, to live; keep step; walk (orderly); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be drawn up in a line or row; in sequence; correspond; to be satisfactory to one; to be in line with, walk by, agree with, submit to
conceited = κενόδοξος = kenodoxos Blue Letter Bible vain-glorious; glorying without reason, conceited, vain glorious, eager for empty glory; self-conceited; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon vain-glorious, conceited
provocative = προκαλέω = prokaleō Blue Letter Bible to call forth, as to a contest; to stir up what is evil in another; to challenge to a combat or contest with one; to provoke, to irritate; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon call forth; call out to fight, challenge; challenge to drink
envious = φθονέω = phthoneō Blue Letter Bible to be jealous of; envy; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon bear ill-will or malice, grudge, be envious or jealous; refuse from feelings of envy or ill-will, grudge
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