“If you love something, you protect it until death.”
That’s why the Holy Spirit protects and preserves His Word for in it only are the words of life and freedom.
Jhn 8:31-36, “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
"I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you." -- John 8:37
They are required to believe.
“If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
No argument there.