Please

[TW]

JohnDB,
If you think this of the use of Chapter and Verse:

it unnaturally breaks up the text in a fashion that it never was intended to be broken up

Then perhaps you would prefer to read:

ἘνἀρχῇἦνὁΛόγοςκαὶὁΛόγοςἦνπρὸςτὸνΘεόνκαὶΘεὸςἦνὁΛόγος ΟὗτοςἦνἐνἀρχῇπρὸςτὸνΘεόνπάνταδι'αὐτοῦἐγένετοκαὶχωρὶςαὐτοῦ ἐγένετοοὐδὲἕνὃγέγονενἐναὐτῷζωὴἦνκαὶἡζωὴἦντὸφῶςτῶν ἀνθρώπωνκαὶτὸφῶςἐντῇσκοτίφαίνεικαὶἡσκοτίααὐτὸοὐκατέλαβεν ἘγένετοἄνθρωποςἀπεσταλμένοςπαρὰΘεοῦὄνομααὐτῷἸωάννης·οὗτος ἦλθενεἰςμαρτυρίανἵναμαρτυρήσῃπερὶτοῦφωτόςἵναπάντεςπιστεύσωσινδι' αὐτοῦοὐκἦνἐκεῖνοςτὸφῶςἀλλ'ἵναμαρτυρήσῃπερὶτοῦφωτόςἮντὸ φῶςτὸἀληθινόνὃφωτίζειπάνταἄνθρωπονἐρχόμενονεἰςτὸνκόσμονἐντῷ κόσμῳἦνκαὶ ὁκόσμοςδι'αὐτοῦἐγένετοκαὶὁκόσμοςαὐτὸνοὐκἔγνωεἰςτὰ ἴδιαἦλθενκαὶοἱἴδιοιαὐτὸνοὐπαρέλαβονὅσοιδὲἔλαβοναὐτόνἔδωκεν αὐτοῖςἐξουσίαντέκναΘεοῦγενέσθαιτοῖςπιστεύουσινεἰςτὸὄνομααὐτοῦοἳ οὐκἐξαἱμάτωνοὐδὲἐκθελήματοςσαρκὸςοὐδὲἐκθελήματοςἀνδρὸςἀλλ'ἐκ
Θεοῦἐγεννήθησαν

After-all, that is the way it was "intended" to be read.


TW

[JohnDB]

Sometimes yes,

The "Kai" is the divider between the sentences usually depending upon the placement and capitalization.

I ain't exactly a fan though of the particular character font that you have chosen though...

I do find that slowly reading and meditation on what it is that you are reading of the Bible does help with certain thoughts to be gleaned from the scriptures...and in other sections for other thoughts...several chapters strung together with no dividers actually form great lessons that the chapter divisions conceal. (missing the forest for the trees...so to speak)

Hermeneutics is as much an art as it is a science...and a reason that there are many many different denominations.

Just a little side note though is I got into studying Greek and Hebrew because of John 1:12 and the glaring wrongness of the way that it is translated into English.