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    Posted: 04-Aug-2006 at 00:11
One of my hobbies is writing western calligraphy.  I am doing a piece for a friend's birthday tommorrow. What are the rules governing the use of a partial verse of Scripture?

I am copying Ephesians 5:20

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her

I don't have room to continue the sentence

to sanctify her, cleansing her by a bath of water with the word....

So, if I am only going to copy to ... over for her, how do I end the quotation? Do I use (... .) or can I add a period (.) or do I just leave it blank, without a punctuation mark? (her)

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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You need to use an ellipsis.
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'd say use ...

It makes it instantly clear that the sentence goes on, without being obtrusive.
 
But if the quote is part of a decorational border or something, just use nothing...

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