20. worshiping false gods, taking part in witchcraft, hating people, causing trouble, being jealous, angry or selfish, causing people to argue and divide into separate groups,
21. being filled with envy, getting drunk, having wild parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: The people who do these things will not have a part in God’s kingdom.
22. But the fruit that the Spirit produces in a person’s life is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23. gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these kinds of things.
24. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their sinful self. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do.
25. We get our new life from the Spirit, so we should follow the Spirit.
26. We must not feel proud and boast about ourselves. We must not cause trouble for each other or be jealous of each other.