²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

³ For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

⁸ 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, And honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

¹⁵ For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

⁷ But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

²³ Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸ If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.

¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

¹³ Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

¹⁵ Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."