Paragraph Elements

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Syntax Notes

Required spaces are indicated with _. Parameters are indicated in ALLCAPS or by a special character such as the hash mark #. Optional or suggested information is shown as normal text in (Parentheses).

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\p(_Sample text...)

  • Normal paragraph.
  • Followed immediately by a space and paragraph text, or by a new line and a verse marker.

Example of use (TEV Mrk 1):

\c 1
\s The Preaching of John the Baptist
\r (Matthew 3.1-12; Luke 3.1-18; John 1.19-28)
\p
\v 1 This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
\v 2 It began as the prophet Isaiah had written:
\q1 ?God said, ?I will send my messenger ahead of you
\q2 to open the way for you.?
\q1
\v 3 Someone is shouting in the desert,
\q2 ?Get the road ready for the Lord;
\q2 make a straight path for him to travel!??
\p
\v 4 So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. 
?Turn away from your sins and be baptized,?
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\m(_Sample text...)

  • Flush left (margin) paragraph.
  • No first line indent.
  • Followed immediately by a space and paragraph text, or by a new line and a verse marker.
  • Usually used to resume prose at the margin (without indent) after poetry or OT quotation etc. (continuation of previous paragraph).

Example of use (TEV 1Co 1.20):

\v 18 For the message about Christ's death on the cross is 
nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being 
saved it is God's power.
\v 19 \x - \xo 1.19: \xt Isa 29.14 (LXX).\x* The scripture says,
\q1 ?I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
\q2 and set aside the understanding of the scholars.?
\b
\m
\v 20 So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? 
or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this 
world's wisdom is foolishness!
\p
\v 21 \x - \xo 1.21: \xdc Ws 13.1-9.\x* For God in his wisdom made 
it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom.
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\pmo_

  • Embedded text opening.

Example of use (NIV Act 15.23):

\p
\v 22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, 
decided to choose some of their own men and send them to 
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called 
Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers.
\v 23 With them they sent the following letter:
\pmo The apostles and elders, your brothers,
\pmo To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
\pmo Greetings.
\b
\pm
\v 24 We have heard that some went out from us without our 
authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what 
they said.
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\pm_

  • Embedded text paragraph.

Example of use (NIV Act 15.24-29):

\pmo Greetings.
\b
\pm
\v 24 We have heard that some went out from us without our 
authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what 
they said.
\v 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you 
with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul--
\v 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ.
\v 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by 
word of mouth what we are writing.
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\pmc_

  • Embedded text closing.

Example of use (NIV Act 15.29):

\v 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from 
blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual 
immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
\pmc Farewell.
\p
\v 30 The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where 
they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.
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\pmr_

  • Embedded text refrain.

Example of use (NIV84 Deuteronomy 27):

\pm
\v 16 "Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother."
\pmr Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
\pm
\v 17 "Cursed is the man who moves his neighbor's boundary stone."
\pmr Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
\pm
\v 18 "Cursed is the man who leads the blind astray on the road."
\pmr Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
\pm
\v 19 "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, 
the fatherless or the widow."
\pmr Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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\pi(_Sample text...)

  • Indented paragraph.
  • \pi = \pi1 - This version may be used when only one level of \pi is in use within the project. See \pi# below
  • See also \pm.
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\pi#(_Sample text...)

  • See \p above.
  • The variable # represents the level of indent.
  • Numbers should only be included when more than one level this marker is used within the project text.

Example of use ():

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\mi_

  • An indented flush left paragraph.
  • No first line indent
  • See also \pmo and \pmc.

Example of use ():

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\nb

  • Paragraph - no break with previous paragraph.
  • Usually used in a case where the previous paragraph span the chapter boundary.

Example of use (TEV NUM 22.41?23.1; NRSV John 7.53?8.2):

\p 
\v 41 Next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from 
where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.

and from the next file 

\id NUM TEVNUM.23 
\c 23 
\nb 
\v 1 He said to Balak, ?Build seven altars here for me, and 
bring me seven bulls and seven rams.?
\s1 The Woman Caught in Adultery 
\p [ 
\v 53 Then each of them went home, 
\c 8 
\nb 
\v 1 while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 
\v 2 Early in the morning he came again 
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\cls_text

  • Closure of an epistle.
  • Similar to "With love," or "Sincerely yours,".
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\li(_Sample text...)

  • List tem.
  • An outdented paragraph meant to highlight the enumerated items of a list.
  • Lists may also be used to markup the elements of a recurrent structure, such as the days within the creation account, or the Decalogue (10 commandments).
  • \li = \li1 - This version may be used when only one level of \li is in use within the project. See \li# below
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\li#(_Sample text...)

  • See \li above.
  • The variable # represents the level of indent.
  • Numbers should only be included when more than one level this marker is used within the project text.

Example of use (TEV Num 7.84; NIV Gen 1.3?2.3):

\p
\v 84-88 The totals of the offerings brought by the twelve 
leaders for the dedication of the altar were as follows:
\li ?twelve silver bowls and twelve silver basins weighing 
a total of 60 pounds
\li ?twelve gold dishes weighing a total of 48 ounces, filled 
with incense
\li ?twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old lambs, 
plus the grain offerings that go with them, for the burnt 
offerings
\li ?twelve goats for the sin offerings
\li ?twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, sixty 
one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offerings
\c 1
\s1 The Beginning
\pi
\v 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
\v 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over
the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over
the waters.
\b
\li1
\v 3 And God said, ?Let there be light,? and there was light.
\v 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light
from the darkness.
\v 5 God called the light ?day,? and the darkness he called ?night.?
And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
\li1
\v 6 And God said, ?Let there be an expanse between the waters
to separate water from water.?
\v 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the
expanse from the water above it. And it was so.
\v 8 God called the expanse ?sky.? And there was evening,
and there was morning--the second day.
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\pc(_Sample text...)

  • Centered paragraph.
  • Recommended use: For (scriptural) inscriptions.

Example of use (CEV Rev 7.5 & NRSV Zec 12.1):

\v 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she 
wore jewelry made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her 
hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things 
she had done.
\v 5 On her forehead a mysterious name was written:
\pc I AM THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF EVERY IMMORAL 
AND FILTHY THING ON EARTH.
\m
\v 6 I could tell that the woman was drunk on the blood of God's 
people who had given their lives for Jesus. This surprising sight 
amazed me,
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\pr(_Sample text...)

  • Right-aligned paragraph.
  • DEPRECATED: Use is strongly discouraged.
  • Recommended alternative: See \pmr - Embedded text refrain.

Example of use ():

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\ph(_Sample text...)

  • Indented paragraph with hanging indent.
  • DEPRECATED: Use is strongly discouraged.
  • Recommended alternative: See \li - List item.
  • \ph = \ph1 - This version may be used when only one level of \ph is in use within the project. See \ph# below
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\ph#(_Sample text...)

  • See \ph above.
  • The variable # represents the level of overall paragraph indent.
  • Numbers should only be included when more than one level this marker is used within the project text.

Example of use ():

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\b

  • Blank line
  • May be used to explicitely indicate additional white space between paragraphs
  • See also Poetry Elements \b (used for stanza breaks in poetry, or between poetry and prose).
  • No text should follow this marker, and it should not be used before or after titles.
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