Verse 24

God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Matt 15:8-9 : 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, 9 and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel,“Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
  • Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
  • Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • Ps 50:13-15 : 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? 14 Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the Most High! 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”