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

a Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

must.

1 Samuel 16:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Psalm 50:13-15,23 Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats? . . .

Psalm 51:17 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 66:18 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 15:8,9 This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.