约翰福音 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Context
This verse from 约翰福音 Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. 前往罗马的海上旅程(使徒行传27-28):大风雨使船几乎沉没,保罗鼓励众人:「神已把与你同船的人都赐给你了,所以你们放心罢!」他们在马耳他搁浅;保罗被毒蛇咬,无恙;使马耳他总督的父亲得医治;抵达罗马,保罗租屋软禁;「无论在顺境逆境,我都学会了知足」;他在那里宣讲神的国,欢迎所有来者。
其他译本
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'
God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
交叉参考
But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I …
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high …
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far …
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, …