Galatians 5:22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness Goodness = Agathōsynē - Uprightness of heart and life. Root Word = Agathos - Morally honorable, pleasing to God, and therefore beneficial. We are told to prove the goodness of God, cleave to it, to do it, to work it, to follow after it, to be zealous about it, to imitate it, and to overcome evil with it. Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Goodness is not the underdog fruit. Goodness is the overcoming fruit.