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John 4:24
John 4:24 is verse 24 of John chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
King James Version
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
World English Bible
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
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John 4:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
24 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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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.”
Psalms 50:13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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 the heart of the contrite.
Matthew 15:8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
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 of God.