And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not — the logical consequence: Jesus tells truth, yet they do not believe (pisteuete). The world (and its ruler) is fundamentally opposed to truth. Jesus's speaking truth should produce belief, but it produces rejection. The perversity is that truth-telling is met with disbelief, while lying would be believed. This explains the spiritual blindness: the world has its own logic, rooted in the devil's nature, which is hostile to truth.

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