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

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

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

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For 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(A)

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  1. 3.3 Other ancient authorities read worship God in spirit

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

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  1. 51.17 Or My sacrifice, O God,

15 For 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.(A)

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But 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.”(A)

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

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  1. 1.17 Or unseen
  2. 1.17 Gk to the ages of the ages

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

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

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  1. 50.23 Heb who set a way

The Postponement of Paul’s Visit

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

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  1. 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity

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

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  1. 50.14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God