¹³ By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

²⁴ All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.^(A)

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone;^{[a](A) 21} in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord,^{(B) 22} in whom you also are built together spiritually^[b] into a dwelling place for God.

¹⁶ Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?^{[a](A) 17} If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

¹⁵ God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.^{(A) 16} So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.

God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

The Fruit of the Spirit

²² By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,^{(A) 23} gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ^[a] have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.^{(B) 25} If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

¹² Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is a temple^[a] of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?^(A)

⁹ But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,^[a] since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.^{(A) 10} But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit^[b] is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus^[c] from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through^[d] his Spirit that dwells in you.^(B)

¹² So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— ¹³ for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.^{(C) 14} For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.^{(D) 15} For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba!^[e] Father!”^{(E) 16} it is that very Spirit bearing witness^[f] with our spirit that we are children of God,^{(F) 17} and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.^(G)