But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Paul is writing to churches in Galatia that are being pulled toward strict observance of Jewish law, and that are also biting at each other. Just before this list, he gives a grim catalog of what a self-centered life produces. Here he answers with a single "fruit," one harvest rather than nine separate tasks, and law has no quarrel with any of it.