Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles:
Even a child is known by his 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.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Also a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon thee.