BIBLE

Follow wording in the King James Version or an accepted modern translation such as the New Revised Standard Version.

Do not italicize words that are italicized in the Bible.

Do not abbreviate books of the Bible.

References follow this form:

            the Book of Joshua

            Joshua 6:30

            2 Kings 2:19-20

            2 Chronicles 7:14

            Luke 24:29 (not St. Luke)

            in the second chapter of Ruth

            chapter 18 of the Gospel of John

            chapter six of 1 Chronicles 

The name of the sacred book is always capped:

            the Bible, the Jewish Bible, the Hebrew Bible

In other uses, lowercase:

            The Morgan register is the bible of the breed.

Do not capitalize his, him, and himself or who, whom, and whose in reference to God or Christ:

            God in his wisdom

            Jesus went his way

Capitalize he if ambiguous:

            When Christ saw Peter, He went up into the mountains.

Capitalization varies with biblical terms: