Context Bible Verse Search Usage

USAGE NOTES

The CBVS (tm) gateway does not have to be called through a form. You can embed links to the CBVS (tm) gateway in your HTML documents, and include all the options available in the forms version. This is accomplished with the parameters seen in the sections to follow.

Restrictions

Feel free to access the CBVS (tm) gateway at any time. The Executive Discipleship Council (tm) owns the full rights to this application, and is granting general use permission to those interested in referencing it in their HTML documents. Under no circumstances is this CGI application to be subordinate to another interface.

Calling the Gateway

You can access the CBVS (tm) gateway with the following CGI call:

B B <A HREF="/cbvs-cgi-bin/verse?options"> Verbage </A>

Examples

Here are a few examples. Each example is prefixed with:

/cbvs-cgi-bin/

verse
verse?book=Psalms&chap=51&whole_chap=set&style=line&include=yes

verse?book=Romans&chap=10&verse=9&translation=web

Parameters

The following are recognized parameters for CBVS (tm) gateway:

book

Valid Old Testament Values

Genesis           Nehemiah             Obadiah
Exodus            Esther               Jonah
Leviticus         Job                  Micah
Numbers           Psalms               Nahum
Deuteronomy       Proverbs             Habakuk
Joshua            Ecclesiastes         Zephaniah
Judges            Song of Solomon      Hagaii
Ruth              Isaiah               Zechariah
1Samuel           Jeremiah             Malichi
2Samuel           Lamentations
1Kings            Ezekial
2Kings            Daniel
1Chronicles       Hosea
2Chronicles       Joel
Ezra              Amos

Valid New Testament Values

Matthew           2Timothy
Mark              Titus
Luke              Philemon
John              Hebrews
Acts              James
Romans            1Peter
1Corinthians      2Peter
2Corinthians      1John
Galatians         2John
Ephesians         3John
Philipians        Jude
Colossians        Revelations
1Thessalonians
2Thessalonians
1Timothy

chap
This depends on the selected book.
include
yes means include the verse numbers, no means exclude them.
span
This is the number of verse to have in context, including the selected verse.
style
para for paragraph style, or line for line-by-line mode.
translation
This determines which translation is to be used: darby for Darby, kjv for King James, web for Webster's, and ylt for Young's Literal Translation.
verse
This is up to the user.
whole_chap
A value of set will return the entire chapter, therefore any verse specification will be ignored.

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