| 单词 | in spirit and truth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin spirit and (in) truth P4. in spirit and (in) truth [after post-classical Latin in spiritu et veritate, Hellenistic Greek ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ] : spiritually and genuinely. Chiefly in the context of prayer or worship. Cf. sense 4.With reference or allusion to John 4:23: ‘The houre commeth, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit, and in trueth’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 196 God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen him to worschipe in spirit and trouthe. 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. cxlvii. sig. x.vi Who wyl praye god and haue hys requeste graunted, hym byhoueth that he praye in spyryte and in trouthe. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. f. xv/2 And in yt place as a place plesant to god dyd they pray in spyryte and in truth. 1654 J. Naylor Few Words Disc. conc. Quakers 17 The Scriptures-worship is not in Idolls Temples, Formes and Letters; but in spirit and in truth. 1742 W. Law Appeal to All that Doubt iii. 211 Those Mysteries that are only to be approached by those that are of a pure Heart, and who worship God in Spirit and in Truth. a1842 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. App. A. 344 Whether while we worshipped Thee in form, we worshipped Thee in spirit and in truth. 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery iii. xiv. 328 At this moment he knew with certainty that he would never be near to her in spirit and in truth, nor she to him. 2005 Nelson (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 20 May 14 As we worship in spirit and in truth, we will individually and collectively be transformed into a genuine dwelling place for our God. < as lemmas |
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