All real beauty of character, all real Christlikeness in us, is the Holy Spirit's work, it is His fruit. He bears it, not us. Notice these graces are not said to be the fruits of the Spirit, they are the fruit. There is a unity of origin running through all the multiplicity of manifestation. It is a beautiful life that is set forth in these verses.
Every word is worthy of earnest study and profound meditation.
It is not natural to us, and it is not attainable by any effort of the flesh or nature. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Renounce self utterly and all its striving after holiness, and let the Holy Spirit, who dwells in you, take full control and bear His own glorious fruit. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. It can not be done until thorns can be made to bear figs, and a bramble bush grapes.