Here "fruit" here is a metaphor for "result" or "outcome." AT: "what the Spirit produces is love ... self-control" or "the Spirit produces in God's people love ... self-control" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
Paul speaks of Christians who refuse to live according to their sinful nature as if it were a person and they have killed it on a cross. AT: "refuse to live according the sinful nature with its passions and desires, as if they killed it on a cross" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
The sinful nature is spoken of as if it were a person that had passions and desires. AT: "their sinful nature, and the things they strongly want to do because of it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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