 "The Christian Writer's Manual of Style", however, recommends using Arabic numerals for numbered books, as in "2 Corinthians" rather than "II Corinthians".The "Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style" published by the Society of Biblical Literature states that for modern editions of the Bible, publishers information is not required in a citation.One should simply use the standard abbreviation of the version of the Bible (e.g.