Yet chapter and verse divisions, ... For example, St. Paul’s famous paean to love in 1 Corinthians 13 is often removed from its context as if it were a stand-alone text.

Imagine owning a Bible without any verse or chapter breaks. You’re at church and the pastor says, “Today, we’re looking at the most famous passage in the Bible,” so you hurry to locate the ...

That is because the books of the Bible were not divided into chapters for more than a millennium or into verses for more than 1500 years. Imagine owning a Bible without any verse or chapter breaks.