Footnotes and Endnotes: The first time you reference a version of the Bible, give the book (abbreviated), chapter, and verse, followed by the name of the edition (not italicized) in parentheses:
1 1 Thess. 4:11 (New Revised Standard Version). For specialist audiences, abbreviate: 1 1 Thess. 4:11 (NRSV).
If future references come from the same version of the Bible, include only the abbreviated book, chapter, and verse in the footnote or endnote: 2 Eph. 6:10-17.
Bibliography: Do not include biblical references in the bibliography unless required by your professor.
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