118 Who you obey is master over you! - a podcast by Dr. Vic Torres

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The New Testament is divided into three parts: the four Gospels- Matthew Mark, Luke, and John, the 22 Epistles, and finally the Prophetic book of Revelations for a total of 27 books. The word Epistle is Greek for “letter” as in a correspondence. The only difference between an epistle and a letter is that a letter is written to an individual, whereas an epistle is written to a group of people. Most of the epistles of the New Testament were written to the various churches at that time and were passed from church to church. 



The original epistles were long letters. To make the reading easier, the letters were broken up into chapters in the early 1200s, whereas the verses were added in the mid-1500s. The point I want to make is that while God inspired the entire Bible, the placement of the chapters and verses were man's invention to make reading the Bible easier. I say all of this to make the point that it is important to read and understand the chapters and verses in context. To get the full understanding of what God intended, you must read what goes before and after the chapters. 

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