11 translations · Greek
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
- KJV King James Version
- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- God [is] Spirit, and those worshiping Him should worship in spirit and truth.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God is Spirit, so worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- God [is] a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- God [is] a spirit; and they who worship him must worship [him] in spirit and truth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- God is a Spirit: and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- God is a spirit; and they that adore him, must adore him in spirit and in truth.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πνεῦμα | Pneuma | Spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεός | Theos | God [is] | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοὺς | tous | [His] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| προσκυνοῦντας | proskynountas | worshipers | G4352 προσκυνέω to worship |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| πνεύματι | pneumati | spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀληθείᾳ | alētheia | [in] truth | G225 ἀλήθεια truth |
| δεῖ | dei | must | G1163 δεῖ be necessary |
| προσκυνεῖν | proskynein | worship | G4352 προσκυνέω to worship |
Related verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- Matthew 15:8–9
‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
- Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
- Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- 1 Samuel 16:7
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
- 1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalm 66:18
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
- Psalm 50:23
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
- Psalm 50:13–15
Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
Read all of John 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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