| Gk. | Greek |
| Heb. | Hebrew |
| Lat. | Latin |
| BCE | Before the Common Era (BC in traditional dating) |
| CE | Common Era (AD in traditional dating) |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| NT | New Testament |
| OT | Old Testament |
| chap(s). | chapter(s) |
| ms(s). | manuscripts(s) |
| v(v). | verse(s) |
| JB | Jerusalem Bible |
| KJV | King James Version |
| NASB | New American Standard Bible |
| NEB | New English Bible |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NJB | New Jerusalem Bible |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| JPS | Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society) |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| TEV | Today’s English Version |