John 4:22

King James Version (KJV)

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Translations

John 4:22 - Amplified Bible

You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.

John 4:22 - American Standard Version

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:22 - Bible in Basic English

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

John 4:22 - Darby Bible

Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.

John 4:22 - English Standard Version

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:22 - King James Version

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

John 4:22 - La Biblia de las Americas

Vosotros adoráis lo que no conocéis; nosotros adoramos lo que conocemos, porque la salvaciòn viene de los judìos.

John 4:22 - The Message

John 4:22 - New American Standard Bible

~"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:22 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Ustedes adoran lo que no conocen; nosotros adoramos lo que conocemos, porque la salvaciòn viene de los Judìos.

John 4:22 - World English Bible

You worship that which you don`t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:22 - Young's Living Translation

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

John 4:22 - Additional Comments

The Samaritans worshipped in ignorance.
- It constantly deviated from the revealed truth of God.
- The Messiah was to be a Jew, not a Samaritan.
- Sincerity is never enough to worship God. It must be combined with truth.
- To worship a god who does not conform to the truths of Scripture is practicing idolatry.
Jesus makes is clear from which group salvation was to come - the Jews, not the Samaritans. The Samaritans did not understand what it was they were worshipping, but the Jews did.

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