NO CHAPTERS OR VERSES

Consider what the manuscripts of "the holy writings" that were available in Paul's day looked like. One is shown here-a portion of the book from the Dead Sea Scrolls. What do you see?  Solid blocks of text! No punctuation. And none of the numbered chapters and verses we use today. 

Bible writers did not divide their message into chapters or verses. They just wrote down the whole message God gave them so that the readers could also get the whole message, not just tiny parts of it. Is that not what you what you want when you get an important letter from someone you love? You read the whole letter, not just bits and pieces of it. 

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