Better Bible reading: Part 1

There are numerous Bibles that are out there to aid the Christian in His personal Bible study.  Apologetic Bibles, Chronological Bibles, Daily Reading Bibles, Archeological Bibles, and a host of General study Bibles.  Yet I have found there is tremendous advantages in just reading the plain old text.   All of these study Bibles are helpful and I strongly encourage a good study Bible such as "The MacArthur Study Bible", or the "New Scofield Study Bible".   They aid in "non inspired" insights into the text.  They provided insights with paragraph breaks, notes, and cross references.  These detailed notes are helpful but at times I find it tremendously helpful to return to just the plain text apart from notes, and paragraph breaks.   Doing so provides a number of advantages. 1. It forces the reader to follow the flow of thought which is many times lost in paragraph breaks.  2. It forces the reader to grasp the scenario and situation rather than simply following the paragraph heading.   I believe a reading of the plain text apart form the paragraph breaks is a more close rendering of the original. ( I have been unable to find a Bible without verse divisions.)  I encourage a good study Bible for help and insights yet I also encourage the reading of the plain text for personal diligence and a return to the closer original format.