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Bible Numbering Fragments Presentation, Text, Context, Relationship

This was not written in an attempt to remove usage of the added chapter, verse numbering created for use in the Bible centuries after Jesus died and the final content written for those who seek the truth; numbering is so entrenched it far exceeds commonly acceptable change. So, what is this about? Making as certain as I'm able people do not view the Holy Bible structure that numbering system altered is misunderstood by those seeking the truth. Yes, it is a common error of those I spoke to when they quoted a numbered verse that was only a small portion of original sentence structure they mistook for a completed thought or self-standing presentation. In most cases that is a horrible stance based on a breakdown that is generally irrational and misleading. Are you aware that the writings placed in the Holy Bible were originally received without chapter and verse numbering divisions? If it is not evident to you why that can lead to many erroneous beliefs, this short version should encourage you to expand your opinion of each place you read to the context instead of the limited and fragmented presentation of a numbered section which is apt to muddle its clarity. When the misunderstood numbering is commonly misused as if God created them and we are trusting those disrupting creations of man, woe to us. Here is a New Testament excerpt of 1st Thessalonians 1 thru 10 to show readers how the Greek Manuscripts normally looked before the numbering system was inserted by man:
1Th. 1-10: .

Now you can see that the numbered version is the direct creation of man, not God; even the commas, periods, and other English syntax is and was the direct creation of man. Geez! Yes, I know parsing is a great aid in applications, but it is normally understood for what it is and is not presented as being in agreement with numbering the Holy Bible or its equivalent. To add to our problems of comprehension it is common that the James Strong's Bible Dictionary presents the Greek words in normative case, masculine gender and singular omitting another 23 or more ways they can be declined to aid us in improving our understanding. Whatever faults Strong's Dictionary has some word translations are a horrid choice, an apostasy symptom and no more the sin than is the numbering system for the Holy Bible. Pretending hunger is rampant, those who hunger in fact do all needed for their spirits to be fed what they hunger for and need to sustain themselves in God, like a man with an empty stomach will labor for food to sustain the body. All of us choosing to go the quick route of claiming sufficiency without putting forth the efforts required to overcome will suffer the consequences of not applying the required labor for God to say: well done thy good and faithful servant. (I do not promote salvation by works alone) God's servant

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