But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
"So you are a King after all!" exclaimed Pilate. "Yes, it is true I am a King," answered Jesus. "I was born for this, I have come into the world for this--to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice."
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
Which of you can convict me of sin? Why then do not you believe me, if I am speaking truth?
Am I to think, then, that I have become your enemy by telling you the truth?
to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the Truth to their own Salvation.