The official text of Inter Insigniores was not numbered. For easier commentary, various authors numbered the paragraphs in a slightly diverging manner. This table compares the numbering, to avoid confusion.
| Section beginnings | Wijngaards | Swidler |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | |
| Section 1. | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 6 | |
| 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 8 | 9 | |
| Section 2. | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | 11 | |
| 11 | 12 | |
| 12 | 13 | |
| Section 3. | 13 | 14 |
| 14 | 15 | |
| 15 | 16 | |
| 16 | 17 | |
| Section 4. | 17 | 18 |
| 18 | 19 | |
| 19 | 20 | |
| 20 | 21 | |
| 21 | 22 | |
| 22 | 23 | |
| 23 | 24 | |
| Section 5. | 24 | 25 |
| 25 | 26 | |
| 26 | 27 | |
| 27 | 27 | |
| 28 | 28 | |
| 29 | 29 | |
| 30 | 29 | |
| 31 | 30 | |
| 32 | 31 | |
| 33 | 32 | |
| 34 | 33 | |
| Section 6. | 35 | 34 |
| 36 | 35 | |
| 37 | 36 | |
| 38 | 37 | |
| 39 | 38 | |
| 40 | 39 | |
| 41 | 40 | |