The Womans Study Bible Editorial Committee Dorothy Kelley Patterson General Editor Rhonda Harrington Kelley Managing Editor Jan Dargatz Topical Notes Jeanne Hendricks Portraits Janice Meier General Consultant Sharon Sterrenburg Pentateuch Helen Rhea Stumbo History Constance N. Wieler Poetry Paula Rinehart Major Prophets Karen H. Jobes Minor Prophets Ann L. Bowman Gospels, Acts Patty Comber Pauline Epistles Mary Kassian General Epistles, Revelation Carmen Leigh Howell Index www.ThomasNelson.com NKJV Womans Study Bible, Full Color Edition Copyright 1995, 2016 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Use the devices Next Page/Previous Page buttons or functions to scroll through the verses in each chapter. Every Bible book and chapter hyperlink in the Bible text returns or goes back to the . Or, use the devices back button or function to go back to the last selection. How do I navigate supplementary materials? related to Bible content are accessible through the pointer links that are interspersed throughout the Bible text. Select the hyperlinked content title at the end of a paragraph where referenced Bible verse(s) appear to go to its location in the Annotations section at the end of each Bible book. Footnotes (Translators Notes) are marked with small, hyperlinked superscript letters a. Footnotes (Translators Notes) are marked with small, hyperlinked superscript letters a.
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Select the hyperlinked Chart or Map title entry at the end of a verse to go to its location following the last chapter of each Bible book. Select the hyperlinked title entry in the article to go back to the Bible verse location, or use the devices back button or function to go back to the last selection. Note: Some charts have been converted into text format for clearer display in ebook format. are included as images and optimized for eReader device display. Select the hyperlinked entry in the to go to a specific map. The first image displays the entire map, followed by each of the 4 equal sections defined.
Please note that some complex charts are also rendered this way to make them easier to view on a variety of devices. Use the devices Next Page/Previous Page buttons or functions to scroll through larger versions of each individual section. Use the devices back button or function to go back to the last selection. P raise God for His Story as it is recorded in His Word. My sincere prayer is that this volume will become a tool to guide you in listening to the voice of God as He speaks through His Word. The thrill of hearing Him speak today from this old Book, His Holy Word, has not left me.
It has been life-changing. However, for many the Bible may be something of a closed door. Although its stories are all fairly familiar, there seems to be a great void of understanding exactly what these stories can mean for Christians living in the present day. Many people who read Gods Word believe it; they just dont believe it works for them today. It does! You will find the factual information in introductory materials, annotations, topical notes, portraits, charts, and maps in The Womans Study Bible to be helpful in showing you how it works. Truth does not change ().
Ask God to open your eyes that you might see Him in a fresh way and open your ears that you might hear His voice speaking to you as you read His Word, and let
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