These three brief examples are respaced according to the following guidelines:

1. No changes are made in the wording or punctuation of the text.
2. Connectives and conjunctions are studied carefully since they often signal the start of a new thought unit.
3. Main satements begin at the left margin.
4. Other statements are indented appropriately.
5. Modifying phrases and clauses often begin under the word they modify.
6. Sometimes modifying phrases located within a clause are respaced above the clause to reveal the uninterupted flow of thought in that clause.
7. Consecutive parallel thought units begin directly under each other.
8. A broken line is sometimes used to indicate antecedent relationships.
9. Key words and clauses are indicated by adding underlines.

Keep in mind that these are guidelines, not absolute rules.  When two different people (using the same translation) respace a certain text, they will find that their results are similar, but will certainly have differences.  The important thing is that, as you respace the text, you think very carefully about the wording of the text and how the various parts (words, phrases, and clauses) relate to each other.

Additional examples of respaced texts are found in chapter 8 (Mark 2:1-12) and Appendix B1 (1 Corinthians 15:1-8).  Merrill Tenney also provides an example of a respaced text in his John: The Gospel of Belief (Eerdmans, 1948).  He respaces John chapter 20 on pages 274, 276, and 278.