John 4:24
Good News Translation
God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is."

New Revised Standard Version
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Contemporary English Version
God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.

New American Bible
God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.

a Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

must.

1 Samuel 16:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Psalm 50:13-15,23 Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats? . . .

Psalm 51:17 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 66:18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 15:8,9 This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.

Context
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
23But the hour cometh and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him. 24God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth. 25The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ): therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things.…
Cross References
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

John 4:23
But the hour cometh and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him.

Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who in spirit serve God and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh.

John 4:23
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