Scripture is so important that all citation styles treat it in a special way! You will need to cite it in text.
"In the beginning, God created..." (Gen. 1:1).
You'll use a footnote to indicate which version of the Bible you're using. You'll also want to use the correct abbreviation for each book (see below).
Study Bible notes are not cited like Scripture, even though they appear in your Bible. For study Bibles with multiple contributors, make sure you figure out the contributor for the section you are citing. In the HarperCollins Study Bible, for example, Ronald Hendel is the author of the Genesis section. You can tell this by the small print at the end of the introduction listing the contributor's name. If you are citing the introduction or notes to Genesis, you would do it with footnotes and bibliography entries as follows:
Note: Ronald Hendel, "Genesis," in HarperCollins Study Bible, edited by Harold W. Attridge and Wayne A. Meeks (New York: HarperOne, 2006), 4.
Shortened Note: Hendel, 4.
Bibliography: Hendel, Ronald. "Genesis." In HarperCollins Study Bible, edited by Harold W. Attridge and Wayne A. Meeks, 3-82 . New York: HarperOne, 2006.
For advanced citations of scripture, you may want to refer to the SBL Manual or this guide created by Goshen College.
Old Testament:
Gen - Genesis
Exod - Exodus
Lev - Leviticus
Num - Numbers
Deut - Deuteronomy
Josh - Joshua
Judg - Judges
Ruth - Ruth
1Sam - 1Samuel
2Sam - 2Samuel
1Kgs - 1Kings
2Kgs - 2Kings
1Chr - 1Chronicles
2Chr - 2Chronicles
Ezra - Ezra
Neh - Nehemiah
Esth - Esther
Job - Job
Ps - Psalms
Prov - Proverbs
Eccl - Ecclesiastes
Song - Song of Solomon
Isa - Isaiah
Jer - Jeremiah
Lam - Lamentations
Ezek - Ezekiel
Dan - Daniel
Hos - Hosea
Joel – Joel
Amos - Amos
Obad - Obadiah
Jonah - Jonah
Mic - Micah
Nah - Nahum
Hab - Habakkuk
Zeph - Zephaniah
Hag - Haggai
Zech - Zechariah
Mal - Malachi
New Testament:
Matt - Matthew
Mark - Mark
Luke - Luke
John - John
Acts - Acts
Rom - Romans
1Cor - 1Corinthians
2Cor - 2Corinthians
Gal - Galatians
Eph - Ephesians
Phil - Philippians
Col - Colossians
1Thess - 1Thessalonians
2Thess - 2Thessalonians
1Tim - 1Timothy
2Tim - 2Timothy
Titus - Titus
Phlm - Philemon
Heb - Hebrews
Jas - James
1Pet - 1Peter
2Pet - 2Peter
1John - 1John
2John - 2John
3John - 3John
Jude - Jude
Rev - Revelation
