Purpose

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This template inserts an external link to a Bible reference at biblegateway.com, allowing for choice of translation.

This template creates an external link. The external links content guideline states that "external links should not normally be used in the body of an article." Furthermore, the use of inline parenthetical referencing is now deprecated on Wikipedia. Place external links to the Bible in footnotes, but be aware that the Bible may be considered a primary source.

Format

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{{bibleref2|BOOKNAME|c:v-c:v|Optional_Bible_Version|Optional_Display}}

Examples

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Code Result
{{bibleref2|John|3:16|NASB}} John 3:16
{{bibleref2|2 Pet. 1:21}} 2 Pet. 1:21
{{bibleref2|Gen|1:1|KJV|Creation}} Creation
{{bibleref2|1Jn|1:9-2:11|NKJV|1 John 1:9ff}} 1 John 1:9ff
{{bibleref2|Mt 3:7–10; Lk 3:7–9||!}} Mt 3:7–10; Lk 3:7–9

Parameters

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TemplateData for Bibleref2

Creates a Bible citation with a link to the cited passage at BibleGateway.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Book1

The book of the Bible, in full (e.g. "1 John") or abbreviated (e.g. "1Jn"). Periods and spaces are optional. Alternatively, instead of specifying just the book here and then the chapter and verse separately, the entire citation, even to multiple passages in multiple books, can be specified here.

Stringrequired
Chapter:Verse2

The chapter and verse within the book (e.g., "3:16"). May also be a range or series.

Stringoptional
Version3

The translation version to use (e.g., "NASB"). Use "!" for BibleGateway's default.

Default
NRSV
Stringoptional
Display Text4

If specified, the text to display instead of the book, chapter, and verse.

Stringoptional

Names of Books, Numerical ID, Standard Abbreviation

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Book Book ID Standard Abbreviation
A̱tsan 1 A̱TS
Ghwut 2 GHW
Leviticus 3 LEV
Numbers 4 NUM
Deuteronomy 5 DEUT
Joshua 6 JOSH
Judges 7 JUDG
Rut 8 RUT
1 Sa̱mwila 9 1SA̱M
2 Sa̱mwila 10 2SA̱M
1 Á̱gwam 11 1Á̱GW
2 Á̱gwam 12 2Á̱GW
1 Nkhang 13 1NKH
2 Nkhang 14 2NKH
Ezra 15 EZRA
Nehemiah 16 NEH
Tobit 17 TOB
Judith 18 JDT
Esther 19 ESTH
1 Maccabees 20 1MA
2 Maccabees 21 2MA
Job 22 JOB
Book Book ID Standard Abbreviation
Bubwom 23 BUB
A̱ma ntyap 24 A̱MA
Ecclesiastes 25 ECC
Bubwom Solomon 26 BUS
Mumwang 27 MUM
Sirach 28 SIR
Ishaya 29 ISH
Irimiya 30 IRI
Lamentations 31 LAM
Baruch 32 BAR
Ezekiel 33 EZEK
Daniet 34 DAN
Hosea 35 HOSEA
Yowel 36 YOW
Amot 37 AMOT
Obadiya 38 OBAD
Yunana 39 YUN
Mikah 40 MIKAH
Nahum 41 NAHUM
Habakkuk 42 HAB
Zephaniah 43 ZEPH
Haggai 44 HAG
Za̱kariya 45 ZA̱K
Malaki 46 MAL
Book Book ID Standard Abbreviation
Matyu 47 MATY ku MT
Ma̱rkut 48 MA̱RK ku MK
Luka 49 LUKA ku LK ku LU
Yoona 50 YOON ku YN
Nta̱m A̱yaata̱m 51 NTA̱M ku NA̱
Romans 52 ROM
1 Corinthians 53 1COR
2 Corinthians 54 2COR
Galatians 55 GAL
Ephesians 56 EPH
Philippians 57 PHIL
Colossians 58 COL
1 Thessalonians 59 1THES
2 Thessalonians 60 2THES
1 Timoti 61 1TIM
2 Timoti 62 2TIM
Titut 63 TIT
Filimon 64 FILI
Hebrews 65 HEB
Yakubu 66 YAK
1 Bitut 67 1BIT
2 Bitut 68 2BIT
1 Yoona 69 1YOON ku 1YN
2 Yoona 70 2YOON ku 2YN
3 Yoona 71 3YOON ku 3YN
Yahuda 72 YAH
Tyai Á̱zanson 73 TYÁ̱

Available versions

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For the complete list of available versions, see http://classic.biblegateway.com/versions/.

Version and Abbreviation

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Differences from Template bibleref

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Similar to {{Bibleref}} with three main differences:

  1. It always produces a link to biblegateway.com
  2. It allows a display reference as the fourth parameter. When the 4th parameter has contents, they will be all that is displayed. Otherwise, the Book-Chapter-Verse range of the 2nd parameter will print exactly as it is entered.
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Suppresses display of the Book for 2nd and subsequent sequential uses. Example: John 3:16, 4:2, 5:8
Puts citation into square brackets and displays it as superscript like typical references display. This is an example.[Rom. 10:9-10] Abbreviating Book names may significantly improve the appearance of Bible references displayed in citation or reference style.
Combines the superscript citation style and suppresses Book name for sequential citations from the same Book. Example: [John 3:16] [4:2] [5:8]
The template mentioned above, which differs in 3 ways, as stated above.