John 4:24

John 3 John 5

John 4:24 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

²⁴God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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2 Corinthians 3:17

2 Corinthians 2 2 Corinthians 4

2 Corinthians 3:17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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Matthew 15:8-9

Matthew 14 Matthew 16

Matthew 15:8-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

⁸‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
⁹in vain do they worship me,
teaching human precepts as doctrines.’”

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Philippians 3:3

Philippians 2 Philippians 4

Philippians 3:3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

³For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God^[a] and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—

Footnotes:

Philippians 3:3 Other ancient authorities read worship God in spirit

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Psalm 51:17

Psalm 50 Psalm 52

Psalm 51:17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁷The sacrifice acceptable to God^[a] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Footnotes:

Psalm 51:17 Or My sacrifice, O God,

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Isaiah 57:15

Isaiah 56 Isaiah 58

Isaiah 57:15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁵For thus says the high and lofty one
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 15 1 Samuel 17

1 Samuel 16:7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

⁷But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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1 Timothy 1:17

2 Thessalonians 3 1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 1:17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁷To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.^[a] Amen.

Footnotes:

1 Timothy 1:17 Gk to the ages of the ages

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Psalm 66:18

Psalm 65 Psalm 67

Psalm 66:18 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁸If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

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Psalm 50:23

Psalm 49 Psalm 51

Psalm 50:23 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

²³Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;
to those who go the right way^[a]
I will show the salvation of God.”

Footnotes:

Psalm 50:23 Heb who set a way

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2 Corinthians 1:12

1 Corinthians 16 2 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1:12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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¹²Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness^[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

Footnotes:

2 Corinthians 1:12 Other ancient authorities read holiness

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Psalm 50:13-15

Psalm 49 Psalm 51

Psalm 50:13-15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls,
    or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,^[a]
    and pay your vows to the Most High.
¹⁵Call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Footnotes:

Psalm 50:14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

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