It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.
and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them.
Am I your enemy to-day, because I have been honest with you?
"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
the world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its deeds are evil.
Which of you can convict me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?