23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(C) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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23 But [a](A)a time is coming, and [b]even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (B)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be [c]His worshipers. 24 God is [d]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship (C)in spirit and truth.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:23 Lit an hour
  2. John 4:23 Lit now is, when
  3. John 4:23 Lit the ones worshiping Him
  4. John 4:24 Or Spirit

23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

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21-23 “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews. But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.

23-24 “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”

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23 But (A)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (B)in spirit and (C)truth, for the Father (D)is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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