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Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

John 4:24

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
God [is] Spirit, and those worshiping Him should worship in spirit and truth.”
YLT
God [is] a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'
DBY
God [is] a spirit; and they who worship him must worship [him] in spirit and truth.Elohim
DRC
God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.
GNV
God is a Spirite, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and trueth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πνεῦμα ὁ θεός, καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτὸν ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ δεῖ προσκυνεῖν.
RP2018
Πνεῦμα ὁ θεός· καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν, ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ δεῖ προσκυνεῖν.
TR-Boyd
Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεός· καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν, ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ δεῖ προσκυνεῖν.
SCR1894
πνευμα ο θεος και τους προσκυνουντας αυτον εν πνευματι και αληθεια δει προσκυνειν

Who and where

👤 Holy Spirit👤 Jesus Christ◆ The Samaritan Woman

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  • Matthew 15:8–9‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
  • Philippians 3:3For 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—
  • Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
  • Isaiah 57:15For 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…
  • 1 Samuel 16:7But 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.”
  • 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • Psalms 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
  • Psalms 50:13–15Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  • 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…

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