In Copy Bible Verses Syntax, how do I specify a different style for the first verse?

Aaron Campbell · 2025-04-18T16:59:15+00:00

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Hello all! I am creating a custom Copy Bible Verses syntax (an option I deeply appreciate as a programmer). I want to include the short reference, followed by the passage as a single paragraph, with verse numbers between verse numbers but not at the beginning.

For example, here's what the script ought to look, but I made up the keywords FirstVerse and ForEachOtherVerse (this does not work).

%NoRedLetter

%NoFootnotes

%NoCitation
=Header

[ShortPassageRef]

=FirstVerse
[VerseText]

=ForEachOtherVerse

<sup>[VerseNum]</sup> [VerseText]

And here's what it ought to produce, using Psalm 23:1-3 in ESV as an example:

Is this possible?

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Aaron Campbell

In turns out I can achieve what I was hoping for using VerseNumInContext, like so:

%NoRedLetter

%NoFootnotes

%NoCitation
=Header

[ShortPassageRef]

=ForEachVerse

<sup>[VerseNumInContext]</sup> [VerseText]

I don't see any way of making further changes to the syntax of the first verse only, but this is enough to accomplish what I was looking for.

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Aaron Campbell

In turns out I can achieve what I was hoping for using VerseNumInContext, like so:

%NoRedLetter

%NoFootnotes

%NoCitation
=Header

[ShortPassageRef]

=ForEachVerse

<sup>[VerseNumInContext]</sup> [VerseText]

I don't see any way of making further changes to the syntax of the first verse only, but this is enough to accomplish what I was looking for.