16 “Ye may ken them by their frutes. Dae folk gather grapes frae the thorns, or figs amang thrissles?
“Mak aither gude the tree and gude the frute; or els mak ill the tree and ill the frute; for the tree is kent by its frute.
“Sae by their frutes ye sal aye ken them.
But the frute oʼ the Spirit is love, happiness, peace, lang‐tholin, canniness, gudeness, lealness,
But ane wull say, “Ye hae faith, and I hae warks; lat me see yere faith sindry frae yere warks, and I wull lat ye see, by means oʼ my warks, my faith!”
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bring forth olives? or a vine gie figs? naither can saut watir yield sweet.