John 4:24

God

( See Scofield) - (John 1:18).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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John 4:24