It’s time for another review and this time its bible marking kits. In this review we will be looking at the GTL Bible Marketing kit, PIGMA Micron Inductive Bible Study Kit, and seeing how they stack up against the previous review champion The Pentel 8 color bible marking pencil.

First GTL Bible Marking Kit:

This bible marking kit comes with 5 pens four of which are colored in yellow, blue, green, and pink with the last one being black. It also comes with a plastic ruler for marking out straight lines and they’re all ball point gel ink pens. Don’t be afraid of losing them because they come in a carrying case unless of course you are like me and tend to lose them regardless at least you have peace of mind.

Now pens can’t really be used as highlighters without you running the risk of ruining the actual text and then of course with the potential with bleed through issues. Do not use them as a bible highlighter! The four colors and the black should be sufficient enough for you to have a plethora of adventure whether you are doing topical bible studies or inductive bible studies.

With this particular kit there was no bleed through, but the pink could be seen slightly from the other side of the page which could become annoying depending on how you mark it out in your bible. The other colors were faint at best on the other page so that’s a good thing. The writing quality was incredibly smooth and very efficient. The only thing is that you have to be careful not to smudge the ink because disaster will take place.

PIGMA Micron Inductive Bible Study Kit:

This set of bible marking pens comes in the nicely packaged plastic just like the other ones but instead of five pens you are getting eight. The colors are black, red, blue, green, brown, purple, orange, and rose. Again the multiple colors are great for bible marking especially if you are doing the topical bible marking method or inductive bible marking. (For a great method on how to mark out your bible click here)

I want to strongly caution you again that these pens cannot be used as bible highlighters the heavy usage of any pen can cause unwanted bleed through while marking your bible. The ink in this particular set is archival ink which claims to be almost fade proof and will not destroy your paper over time. I will cover the different inks in another post just know that this is generally a good thing and actually a cheaper more organic way of producing the pens ink. This bible marking pen is a 01 which means that it is very small and extremely great for underlining. A fellow scripture marking affectionado said:

“The ink is acid-free, chemically stable, waterproof, and fade resistant making it perfect for long lasting projects and writings. For these reasons I decided to test the Pigma Micron on different thicknesses of Bible paper.”

One of the draw backs of these pens are that tendency to show through to the other side especially with the red. As one reviewer put it. “I wish there was no show-through, but it’s not to the point of confusing me about which page the mark is on.”

Now this set is not ball point and again is not a gel pen so it would be an assumption to say this bible marking kit might not right as smooth, but the tips on these are amazing and they write just as smooth. The ink does smudge a little so don’t be in a hurry but it definitely is not as bad as the gel ink pens. Although there is a really great eraseable gel pen I will be covering at a later time that will not have any bleed through and is extremely great for your inductive bible studies.

So which bible marking kit is for you? You have heard both tales of the tape when it comes to bible marking kits and I would have to say that your safest bet is old reliable. This continues to shine because you get just as many colors as the Pigma bible marking kit you can actually highlight the text because it acts as a fully functional bible highlighter and you can underline effectively as well because it is in fact a bible marking pencil. You don’t have to worry about collecting a bunch of pens and throwing them in your bag or hunting down your protective plastic. Again there is no bleed through with the Pentel bible marking pencil and you are really getting the best of both worlds.