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  — [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%203:18-19;&version=KJV  1 Corinthians 3:18-19]

   

  Brethren, these words were not merely spoken, but were soaked with blood, confirmed by the Resurrection, instilled by the Holy Spirit in the hearts of the faithful, and proven again and again by the Church through ages and ages. Of all the treasures on earth, men love life the most—and they love life more than they do <mark>truth</mark>, even though <mark>there is no life without truth</mark>. Thus, the highest good is life, but <mark>truth is the foundation of life</mark>. He who loves life, must also love <mark>truth</mark>. But where is the way to <mark>truth</mark>? Our Lord says: I am the Way. He did not say: “I am a way,” so that none would think there is another way to <mark>truth</mark> besides the Lord Jesus. And He is not only the Way, but also the <mark>Truth</mark> and the Life, so that none would think that there is some other <mark>truth</mark> and some other life besides the Lord Jesus. For this He was born as a man, to show men the way; for this He was crucified, to mark the way by His blood. No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. This addresses those who deceive themselves by thinking that they can know God and acquire the Kingdom of God without the Lord Jesus Christ. <mark>The Lord entirely cut off this '''false hope''' and desperate '''self-deception'''</mark> by these words. The apostle who heard and wrote these words in the Gospel, expressed them in his Epistle in this way: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father (I John 2:23).

  — [[Orthodoxy#Nikolai_Velimirović|Bishop Nikolai Velimirović]], Prologue from Ohrid [https://ia802802.us.archive.org/13/items/ThePrologueFromOhrid_BishopNikolaiVelimirovich/The%20Prologue%20from%20Ohrid%20-.pdf Sep 20], Homily: On the only Way, Truth and Life