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Berean Standard Bible

“God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.””

John 4:24

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When Jesus gently exposes the Samaritan woman's personal history, she turns the conversation to a long-running dispute: should God be worshiped on Mount Gerizim, as Samaritans held, or in Jerusalem? Jesus replies that a time is coming, and has now come, when that question will be overtaken.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

American Standard Version (ASV)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

God is a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it does behoove to worship.'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Dios es Espíritu; y los que le adoran, en espíritu y en verdad es necesario que adoren.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Dios es espíritu, y los que lo adoran deben hacerlo guiados por el Espíritu y en forma verdadera.

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