You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Even a child is known by his own doings, whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works.
Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries; or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.
As the ancient proverb says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be on you.