John 4:23

“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers, etc.] The worshippers of the true God, and who worship in a right manner, whether Jews or Samaritans, or of whatsoever nation: shall worship the Father; the one true God, the Father of spirits, and of all flesh living: in spirit; in opposition to all carnal conceptions of him, as if he was a corporeal being, or circumscribed in some certain place, dwelling in temples made with hands, or was to be worshipped with men’s hands; and in distinction from the carnal worship of the Jews, which lay greatly in the observation of carnal ordinances: and this shows they should not worship with their bodies only, for bodily exercise profiteth…”

“hour cometh, and now is--evidently meaning her to understand that this new economy was in some sense being set up while He was talking to her, a sense which would in a few minutes so far appear, when He told her plainly He was the Christ.”

“But the hour cometh, and now is - The old dispensation is about to pass away, and the new one to commence. “Already” there is so much light that God may be worshipped acceptably in any place. The true worshippers - All who truly and sincerely worship God. They who do it with the heart, and not merely in form. In spirit - The word “spirit,” here, stands opposed to rites and ceremonies, and to the pomp of external worship. It refers to the “mind,” the “soul,” the “heart.” They shall worship God with a sincere “mind;” with the simple offering of gratitude and prayer; with a desire to glorify him, and without external pomp and splendor. Spiritual worship is that where the heart is offered to…”

“The true worshippers shall worship the Father - Not here or there only, but at all times and in all places. John 4:24”

“the hour: Joh 5:25, Joh 12:23 true: Isa 1:10-15, Isa 26:8, Isa 26:9, Isa 29:13, Isa 48:1, Isa 48:2, Isa 58:2, Isa 58:8-14, Isa 66:1, Isa 66:2; Jer 7:7-12; Mat 15:7-9; Luk 18:11-13 in spirit: Rom 1:9, Rom 8:15, Rom 8:26; Gal 4:6; Eph 6:18; Phi 3:3; Jde 1:20, Jde 1:21 in truth: Joh 1:17; Jos 24:14; Sa1 12:24; Ch1 29:17; Psa 17:1, Psa 32:2, Psa 51:6; Isa 10:20; Jer 3:10, Jer 4:2 the Father seeketh: Psa 147:11; Pro 15:8; Sol 2:14; Isa 43:21; Eze 22:30; Pe1 2:9 John 4:24”