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(1) Note the verse or passage that you want to find, such as Galatians 3:28. (2) Find the book or letter. Galatians refers to Pauls Letter to the Galatians. When we begin to read the gospels, the book of Mark refers to The Gospel According to Mark, but in most Bibles it will simply be called Mark (or Matthew, Luke and so on). If you don't know where the book/letter is, go to the beginning of the Bible and look at the Table of Contents to locate it.
(3) Find the chapter. 3 refers to the chapter in Galatians where the verse is located. The number before the colon will always refer to the chapter of the book.
(4) Find the exact verse. 28 refers to the verse in chapter 3 where the reference is located. The number after the colon will always refer to the verse in that chapter. Once you find it, you have your verse right next to it.
Tips: Not all translations are created equal! For this class we are using the New Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible (the NRSV) like the HarperCollins Study Bible or the Ehrman reader. This is because many English translations of the Bible are associated with specific religious groups and they will change the original texts to suit their theological interestsnot a good thing for a critically thinking student of history! Even the NRSV isnt perfect, but it is the closet translation you will find in English to the original texts. Whenever a Bible reference is followed by a comma (ex. John 3:16, 17), the intention is for the reader to read verses 16 and 17. Sometimes the references to be read are not necessarily next in sequence, so the reference would look something like this: John 3:16, 24. In this case, you want to first read verse 16 and then skip the other verses and proceed to reading verse 24. Some Bible passages contain more than one verse; in this case, you will notice a dash and the other set of verses (represented by the numbers) following it. For example: John 3:16-21 would mean that you should start reading from verse 16 and continue reading until you have finished reading verse 21.
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