<P> This format is the one accepted by the Chicago Manual of Style and is also the format used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints to cite scriptural standard works . The MLA style is similar, but replaces the colon with a period . </P> <P> Citations in the APA style add the translation / version of the Bible after the verse . For example, (John 3: 16, New International Version). Translation / version names should not be abbreviated (e.g., write out King James Version instead of using KJV). Subsequent citations do not require the translation / version unless that changes . In APA style, the Bible is not listed in the references at the end of the document . </P> <P> When citations are used in run - in quotations, they should not, according to The Christian Writer's Manual of Style, contain the punctuation either from the quotation itself (such as a terminating exclamation mark or question mark) or from the surrounding prose . The full - stop at the end of the surrounding sentence belongs outside of the parentheses that surround the citation . For example: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him! (John 19: 15). </Dd> </Dl>

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