John 4:24
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
- KJV
- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- WEB
- God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
- ASV
- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
- DARBY
- God [is] a spirit; and they who worship him must worship [him] in spirit and truth.
- BLB
- God [is] Spirit, and it is necessary for those worshiping Him to worship in spirit and truth.”
- ÅB
- Gud er ånd, og de som tilber ham, bør tilbe i ånd og sannhet.
- OTB
- Gud er ånd, og de som tilber ham, må tilbe i ånd og sannhet.»
- B1930
- Gud er ånd, og de som tilbeder ham, bør tilbede i ånd og sannhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Read in contextMatthew 15:8–9
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
Read in contextPsalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
Read in context1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Read in contextPsalms 66:18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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