[RbnJrg]

** WARNING ** The solution doesn't work for the KF7 format, but should work for .kf8 and .KFX and ADE.

In your .xhtml file write the following:

  <p>This is the lengthy prayer that will be followed by a versicle and response. It is flush left because I did not set a hanging indent.</p>

  <p class="hanging">V.<span class="preserve">&#x2002;&#x2002;&#x2002;&#x2002;</span>This is the versicle. Observe how, apart from the V. tag, the left margin is flush. In Microsoft Word, this is achieved by setting a hanging indent, typing "V.", and then pressing "tab."</p>

  <p class="hanging italic">R.<span class="preserve">&#x2002;&#x2002;&#x2002;&#x2002;</span>This is the response. It, too, has a flush left margin.</p>

And in your .css file write:

p {
   text-indent: 0;
   text-align: justify;
}

.hanging {
   text-indent: -3em;
   margin-left: 3em;
}

.italic {
   font-style: italic;
}

.preserve {
   white-space: pre;
}

Here you can see how it looks as .KFX:



and here as .epub:



I can't attach the .kfx output but is ok. Below you can check the respective .epub.

Regards
Rubén

PS: Note to the administers of the site: maybe could be a good idea to allow to upload .kfx files. I wanted to upload one, and I receive the message of format not allowed.