2 Timothy 2:15
"The Bible was not written in subjects nor verses, but in thoughts—the thoughts of God.
The Bible is the Word of God, and words express thoughts.
The Bible, therefore, as the word of God, is the expression of the thought of God.
• There are thoughts of God expressed in single words.
• There are thoughts expressed in single verses.
• There are thoughts expressed only in whole chapters.
• There are thoughts expressed only in whole books.
• And there are thoughts expressed only in the whole Bible together.
And true Bible study is to find, to receive and to dwell upon thoughts
of God expressed in single verses, expressed in several verses, expressed only in whole chapters, expressed only in whole books, and expressed only in the whole Bible together.
Therefore, we are not saying that there should never be any study of single verses, nor of passages, nor of subjects, in the Bible. We are only saying that even when verses and passages and subjects in the Bible have been studied, the Bible has not yet been studied.
It takes all that is in the Bible to be really the Bible.
And plainly a person has not thoroughly studied the Bible till he has studied everything that is in the Bible—everything that goes to make up the Bible."
A.T. Jones