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Writing Center: How To Cite

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No Bible In Bibliography

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CITE THE BIBLE IN YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY.

In-Text Citation (Bible Only)

View 9th Edition Turabian Manual 19.8.2

(1 Cor. 6:1-10 [NAB]) 

This is how your citation will appear in your within your text (if using the parenthetical method).

Write out your Bible version in your first citation. 

 

It is not necessary to write out full citations of verses or paragraphs from the Bible since your readers can find the references that you cite. Citations are written in full when the author needs to make a specific observation, such as when he/she chooses to follow Luke’s example in his message to Theophilus; “so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught” (Luke 1:4).1]

 

[1] Unless otherwise noted, all biblical passages referenced are in the English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008).