Robert Estienne added verse numbers to the New Testament in 1551, reportedly while traveling between Paris and Lyon. They made the Bible citable. They also made it interruptible.

Our editions set the text in paragraphs and poetry the way translators intended, with chapter-and-verse quietly in the margin. You can still find anything. You just can't fragment everything.

The first thing readers report is disorientation. The second thing is that Romans has an argument.