Gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. — Paul completes the fruit with meekness and self-control, adding the revolutionary claim: 'kata tōn toioutōn ouk estin nomos' (against such things there is no law), i.e., the law is unnecessary where Spirit-fruit abounds; virtue driven by the Spirit transcends law's restrictive function.

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