For the Further Recovery of the Truth
As the recovery of truth progressed across the centuries, serious students of the Bible each in turn took up the task of translating the Scriptures, either as personal exercises or as fully executed versions (e.g., J. N. Darby, Conybeare and Howson, Henry Alford, Kenneth Wuest). Their devotion to and love for the Bible made possible a broad range of good translations which have rendered immense help to those equally serious students who have not been able to translate the Scriptures on their own. In our own time, we also have approached the Word of God seriously and diligently. Both Watchman Nee and Witness Lee desired to study the Bible thoroughly, so that the Lord would open the Word richly among us. While Watchman Nee at times translated short portions of the Scriptures for his messages, it was Witness Lee who realized the great need for and recognized the great benefit in translating the Bible by ourselves and for ourselves. In 1974, as he embarked upon the life-study of the Bible, he initiated the work of translating the New Testament into English, directing a small team to translate from the original language as the life-study progressed through the entire New Testament. Numerous improvements in the translation of the text and an appreciable augmentation in the body of footnotes were published in a revised edition in 1991.

We worship the Lord that He has placed in the hearts of so many of His believers a genuine love for His Word, and that He has also enabled us to attend to the Scriptures to the extent that we have. We praise Him that through His servants Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, He has opened up to us the inexhaustible riches of the Bible and has led us into the depths of the divine revelation. We thank Him that by His grace we had the opportunity to translate the entire Bible and to place the Recovery Version in the hands of the Lord’s lovers and seekers. May the Lord bless each of its readers!

Excerpt from www.recoveryversion.org, Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.

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