<Dl> <Dd> "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1: 1). </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1: 1). </Dd> <P> Or, stated more formally, </P> <Dl> <Dd> Book chapter for a chapter (John 3); </Dd> <Dd> Book chapter--chapter for a range of chapters (John 1--3); </Dd> <Dd> book chapter: verse for a single verse (John 3: 16); </Dd> <Dd> book chapter: verse--verse for a range of verses (John 3: 16--17); </Dd> <Dd> book chapter: verse, verse for multiple disjoint verses (John 6: 14, 44). </Dd> </Dl>

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