Previous framed as all the fruit are different expressions of love
Also framed as 3 triads (1 relates to God, 1 relates to others, & 1 relates to ourselves).
Suggests the yielding of a judge, who, instead of demanding the exact penalty required by strict justice, gives way to circumstances which call for mercy.
Although the word itself is rarely used, it expresses the typical condescension of the divine Judge, whose refusal to exact the full demands of the law lifts up those who would otherwise be crushed under its condemnation.
