Try to lead into your quotation, instead of just plopping it into your paragraph. In John 14:6 Jesus says, “‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life no one comes to the Father but through Me.’” This is called single inside of double quotation marks. If I want to include this in my manuscript, I use regular quotation marks to show I’m copying the verse, and I change the already existing quotation marks to single quotation marks. Let’s say you want to quote this statement Jesus makes in John 14:6: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life no one comes to the Father but through Me.” This happens often when quoting something Jesus said.
Sometimes you will quote something that is already in quotation marks. What do you do if what you’re copying is already in quotation marks? Note that if you do use Biblegateway, you will need to remove the individual verse numbers. At this site you can look up a verse, and then copy and paste it into your document. One easy way to make sure your Scripture is correct is to use Biblegateway. The beginning quotation mark means this is where you start copying and then the end quotation mark means this is where you stop copying.Ī reminder that quotation marks mean you are copying word for word. Do not change anything. Quotation marks should begin and end your quoting of Scripture.
#Citing a bible verse how to
Today let’s look at the mechanics of how to quote Scripture correctly. Including Scripture in our writing is one of the practices that will strengthen our writing, while at the same time point others to Christ.
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