Not everyone is our enemy, but if we speak the wisdom of God as revealed by the Spirit of God in the word of God, some people will not like what they hear.

We have a tendency to believe that even such people will not lie about us, but they will, and they will conspire with others against us, just as they did against Stephen,

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us” (Acts 6:11–14).

Prepare yourself for this to happen by knowing the general story of the Bible, and present it graciously as you will read that Stephen did.