THE VOICE OF TRUTH
To this end I was born, and for this cause I came into the world,
that I should bear witness to the Truth.
Everyone that is of the Truth hears my voice.
My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them,
and they follow me.
We are of God.
He that knows God hears us.
He that is not of God does not hear us.
By this we know the spirit of Truth, and the spirit of error.
But some do not believe me,
because they are not of my sheep, as I said to you.
They are of the world.
Therefore, they speak of the world,
and the world hears them.
Because I tell the Truth,
they do not believe me.
Why do they not understand my speech?
Because they cannot hear my word.
And if I say the Truth,
why do they not believe me?
He that is of God hears God's words;
therefore they do not hear,
because they are not of God.
Paraphrase John 18:37; John 10:27; 1 John 4:6; John 10:26;
1 John 4:5; John 8:45; John 8:43; John 8:46-47
