Galatia, he named love as the first fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22–23). The author of 1 John stated plainly that the one sure way of knowing whether a person was really a Christian was that person’s love for others. “Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:7–8). In this chapter Paul switched his listeners from the gifts which had been the source of divisions to the supreme gift of all gifts, one which would unite them and