Daily Devotions
1 John
"You have known the Father."
Text: 1 John 2:13c
CHAPTER AND VERSE DIVISION IN THE BIBLE
When the original Books of the Bible were written, there were no “chapter and verse”. There were a number of scholars who attempted to divide the New Testament into “chapter and verse”. The most prominent was a Roman Catholic bishop.
1. Cardinal Stephen Langton in 1205 created the chapter and verse.
2. His system was widely adopted.
3. Our English Bible has followed this tradition.
4. Modern day scholars have been critical of some of the divisions of chapter and verse.
The following text is one example.
“I write to you, little children,
Because you have known the Father.”
1 John 2:13c
LOOKING AT THE PARAGRAPH
If we look at the above text in its context, we would actually have a clear pattern: