John 4:22 “You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salv…”

John 4:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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.

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Cross references

“ye know”

Acts 17:23 Acts 17:30 Ezra 4:2 2 Kings 17:27–29 2 Kings 17:41

Acts 17:23 · BSB

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Acts 17:30 · BSB

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Ezra 4:2 · BSB

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us…

2 Kings 17:27–29 · BSB

Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Kings 17:41 · BSB

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

“we worship”

Psalm 147:19 2 Chronicles 13:10–12 Romans 3:2 Romans 9:5

Psalm 147:19 · BSB

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:10–12 · BSB

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

Romans 3:2 · BSB

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Romans 9:5 · BSB

Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

“for”

Isaiah 2:3 Luke 24:47 Psalm 68:20 Zechariah 9:9 Hebrews 7:14 Genesis 49:10

Isaiah 2:3 · BSB

And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and…

Luke 24:47 · BSB

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Psalm 68:20 · BSB

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

Zechariah 9:9 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Hebrews 7:14 · BSB

For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

Genesis 49:10 · BSB

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Also

Romans 3:1–2

Romans 3:1–2 · BSB

What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

Read John 4