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John 4:24

John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

God is a spirit,.... Or "the Spirit is God"; a divine person, possessed of all divine perfections, as appears from his names, works, and worship ascribed unto him; See Gill on Joh 4:23; though the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

God is A spirit - This is the second reason why men should worship him in spirit and in truth. By this is meant that God is without a body; that he is not material or composed of parts; that he is…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

God is a Spirit - This is one of the first, the greatest, the most sublime, and necessary truths in the compass of nature! There is a God, the cause of all things - the fountain of all perfection -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 4:4-26

We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion, were mongrel Jews, the posterity of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

God is spirit, and must be approached in that part of us which is spirit, in the true temple of God, -which temple ye are." Even to the chosen three Christ imparts no truths more profound than these.…