NO CHAPTERS OR VERSES - Conclusions

 The lack of chapters or verses, however, did pose a problem. Paul could only identify his quotations with such words as "just as it is written" or "just as Isaiah foretold." (Romans 3:10; 9:29) And it would have been very difficult to find those quotations unless you were very familiar with all "the holy writings." 

Furthermore, those "holy writings" were not one simple message from God. By the end of the first century C.E., they consisted of a collection of 66 separate books! That is why most Bible readers today are glad to have numbered chapters and verses that help them find specific information, such as the many quotations in Paul's letters.

'So, you might ask, 'who put the chapters and verse numbers in the Bible?' 

Next time: WHO ADDED THE CHAPTERS 

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