Saint Callistus I, Pope and Martyr

18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, 20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance, 23meekness, faith, modesty, abstinence, chastity. There is no law against such things. 24For those who are Christ’s have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires. 25If we live by the Spirit, we should also walk by the Spirit.

1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

2But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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6For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

42But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you ignore judgment and the charity of God. But these things you ought to have done, without omitting the others. 43Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the first seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the marketplace. 44Woe to you! For you are like graves that are not noticeable, so that men walk over them without realizing it.” 45Then one of the experts in the law, in response, said to him, “Teacher, in saying these things, you bring an insult against us as well.” 46So he said: “And woe to you experts in the law! For you weigh men down with burdens which they are not able to bear, but you yourselves do not touch the weight with even one of your fingers.