5:9
“For the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true”. This sentence is found in parenthesis, and is explaining why we should avoid all the dark things that we have been urged to avoid. If we indulge in the works of darkness then we will not learn or receive anything good. It is only by focusing on the good, right and true that we can cultivate the fruit of light. In Phil 4:8 we are urged to focus on what is noble and true.
5:10
“And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord”. This implies at least two things, The first is that discerning what is pleasing to the Lord is not always easy. Some things are, such as the various things we have been told to avoid. These are bad and not pleasing to the Lord. Various good things like kindness, forgiveness etc are pleasing to the Lord. But we all face situations where things are difficult and it isn’t always easy or obvious to know what the right thing to do is. The second thing is that we have “agency”. God doesn’t just lay everything on a plate, sometimes we have to work things out.
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