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The Gospel According to John (American Standard Version, 1901) · 6 of 37 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

4:15-4:41

[4:15] The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw. [4:16] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. [4:17] The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: [4:18] for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly. [4:19] The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. [4:20] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. [4:21] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. [4:22] Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. [4:23] But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers. [4:24] God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth. [4:25] The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things. [4:26] Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. [4:27] And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? [4:28] So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people, [4:29] Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ? [4:30] They went out of the city, and were coming to him. [4:31] In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat. [4:32] But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. [4:33] The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat? [4:34] Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work. [4:35] Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest. [4:36] He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. [4:37] For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. [4:38] I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor. [4:39] And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did. [4:40] So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days. [4:41] And many more believed because of his word;
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Divine Immanencetheology

The doctrine that the divine is present within all things and the universe itself, pervading creation rather than remaining solely transcendent above it. Distinct from unity_of_being (the general claim that all existence is one substance, agnostic about whether that substance indwells its parts) and from kingdom_within (the divine present specifically IN THE INDIVIDUAL human, accessible without mediation) — divine_immanence is the general pervading-presence claim applied to all of creation, not a human-specific indwelling.

The declaration that worship will no longer be bound to a specific mountain or city (4:21) and that 'God is a Spirit' (4:24) suggests the divine is not confined to a location but is pervasively present.

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Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The woman's direct recognition of Jesus as the Messiah through personal encounter (4:25-26) and the contrast between those who 'know' and those who 'know not' (4:22) emphasize salvific knowledge through direct experience rather than ritual observance.

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Kingdom Withinanthropology

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

The call to worship 'in spirit and truth' rather than at a specific external location (4:21-24) implies that the divine is accessible from within, without mediation by a sacred site.

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