You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself known If his conduct is pure and right.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
So then, you will know them by their fruits.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
But someone will say, “You have faith; and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”
Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can saltwater produce fresh.
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.