How I Mark My Bible

I've been underlining, highlighting and making annotations in my Bibles for over 20 years. The way I do it is simple but it works for me. Hopefully this video can help you or give you ideas. Below are the pens and pencils that I use. Here's my update 👉    • How I Mark My Bible 2  

How I Study and Read the Bible 👉    • How I Read and Study the Bible  

The ballpoint pens I use (0.7 or 0.5 work for me):
Blue: https://amzn.to/2VoMcQn
Red: https://amzn.to/2HkrZaH
Can't find green on Amazon right now...

The Pigma Microns 05 that I use:
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The color pencils that I use:
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The sharpies that I use (rarely but I do):
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Sometimes it's hard to decide what color to use because the same verse, or even the same sentence inside a verse may have strong connections to other themes. It gets a bit subjective and I think it's also very personal. Every person relates to God and His Word in a very unique way.

Many times I underline with my Micron pens over the initial underlining with color pencils. I may for example underline a verse with baby blue with a color pencil and then underline it a second time with a red Micron, and so forth...

So it's not always very consistent and it may vary but generally speaking I can say:

1) I use red for everything that is directly related to the Cross of Christ or for passages that I esteem very central and important in biblical theology.

2) I use green for faith and hope related topics.

3) I use orange for law/morality related passages.

4) I use yellow for theophanies or God related texts.

5) I use violet or pink for sin and its consequences.

6) I use purple for Satan related passages.

7) I use blue for general passages that refer to Jesus or His Humanity.

8) I use brown sometimes (it's rare but I do) for passages that deal with the weakness of humanity.

I make my annotations based on parallel passages in the Bible that speak to the same theme. I find my verses, or related passages, through references in the Bible, concordances, Bible commentaries, Bible software, books, and memory. I always pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance so above all I believe He inspires me with special connections in Scripture.

Here's a video on how I study and read the Bible:    • How I Read and Study the Bible  

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God bless you and keep you!

Pastor Daniel Gouveia

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