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. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:23-24 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withPhilippians 3:3
Paul describes the same worshipers: worship God in the Spirit, and have no confidence in the flesh.
“For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;”
The same threadPsalms 51:17
What the Father seeks, David already knew: a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”