Can you find thirty (30) books of the Bible in this paragraph?   Actually, there are 31 if you can find the variant of one Old Testament prophet's name, a variant that's used in the text of the King James Version (not as the title of a book, but in the text itself).

There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph.   Can you find them?   This is a most remarkable puzzle.   It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours.   He enjoyed it so much that he passed it on to some friends.   One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat.   Another friend studied it while playing his banjo.   Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column.   Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves.   There will be some names that are really easy to spot.   That's a fact.   Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized.   Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst.   Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph.   During a recent fundraising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record.   The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult that they had ever seen.   As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight."   Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown.   One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers.   Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal.   A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.   God Bless.

For the 31st book,
Osee appears in the King James Version translation of Romans 9:25 as a variant spelling of Hosea.
Romans 9:25 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.