[1] A common format for biblical citations is Book chapter:verses, using a colon to delimit chapter from verse, as in: Or, stated more formally,[2][3][4][a] The range delimiter is an en-dash, and there are no spaces on either side of it.
[3] This format is the one accepted by the Chicago Manual of Style to cite scriptural standard works.
Translation names should not be abbreviated (e.g., write out King James Version instead of using KJV).
In APA 7th edition, the Bible is listed in the references at the end of the document, which has changed since previous versions.
[6][7] Citations in Turabian style requires that when referring to books or chapters, do not italicize or underline them.
Most Bibles give preferred abbreviation guides in their tables of contents, or at the front of the book.
[4] Abbreviations should not be used, according to The Christian Writer's Manual of Style, when the citation is in running text.
Hudson observes, however, that for scholarly or reference works that contain a large number of citations in running text, abbreviations may be used simply to reduce the length of the prose, and that a similar exception can be made for cases where a large number of citations are used in parentheses.