Recovery Version of the Bible

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The Recovery Version
The Recovery Version
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The Recovery Version is a study Bible and English language translation of the Bible published by Living Stream Ministry. There are also partial and complete editions in other languages, including Chinese (恢復本), Spanish (Versión Recobro), Portuguese (Versão Restauração), Russian (Восстановительный перевод), Tagalog, Cebuano, and Japanese. Additional translations are underway in Malaysian and Korean.

First published in 1985, the Recovery Version of the New Testament was created to the belief that every translation of the Bible necessarily bears the progressive understanding of its translators. These footnotes are taken from the ministries of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, written specifically for the Recovery Version for a greater understanding and experience of the text. This version of the New Testament has become the standard version of the "local churches" as its translation is used at their conferences and weekly services.

In 1999, the Living Stream Ministry published a Recovery Version of the Bible available with text and outlines, and in 2003 they published an edition complete with footnotes.

Contents

[edit] Features

  • An outline of each book, both at the beginning of the book and embedded within the text
  • Introductory information giving a concise historical background of each book
  • The subject of each book providing an overview and point of the book
  • Over 15,000 extensive footnotes
  • Over 26,000 cross-references
  • Charts and color maps
  • Text embodying extensive research into the meaning of the original languages and expressing this meaning accurately

[edit] Sample Text

The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy

  • I. Introduction - 1:1-2
  • II. The divine provisions for the inoculation - a pure conscience, unfeigned faith, the gift devine, a strong spirit, eternal grace, incorruptible life, the healthy word, and the indwelling Spirit - 1:3-14
  • III. The basic factor of the decline - forsaking the apostle and his ministry - 1:15-18
  • IV. The inoculator - a teacher, a soldier, a contender, a farmer, and a workman - 2:1-15
  • V. The spreading of the decline - like that of gangrene - 2:16-26
  • VI. The worsening of the decline - becoming grievous times of deceiving - 3:1-13
  • VII. The antidote of the inoculation - the divine word - 3:14-17
  • VIII. The incentive to the inoculator - the coming reward - 4:1-8
  • IX. The issue of the decline - loving the present age and doing many evils - 4:9-18
  • X. Conclusion - 4:19-22
  • Author: The apostle Paul (1:1)
  • Time of Writing: Approximately A.D. 67, during Paul's second imprisonment, near the time of his martyrdom (4:6)
  • Place of Writing: A Roman Prison (1:16-17)
  • Recipient: Timothy (1:2)
  • Subject: Inoculation against the Decline of the Church

[edit] Controversy

Critics of the Recovery Version draw attention to declarations by Witness Lee in the footnotes (such as those at Matthew 16:18 and Revelation 3:8) that characterize Protestant denominations and Roman Catholicism as "apostate" and "heretical"[1] and accuse them of "spiritual fornication."

[edit] External links

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