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ABrotherinFaith · 01-16-2016, 05:39 AM

Really interesting thread.

It wasn't until I started read other versions that I started to feel the awkwardness of the Recovery version. I thought the Bible just sounded like that (I am thinking of things like Galatians 3:24 using "child-conductor." What is that?!). I was reading John and came to 7:39 He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified (HCSB) or in the NLT When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.

The Recovery version omits any past participle after yet. It reads like this : But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

I think the omission fits the modalist (?) idea of the processed triune God and is wholly intentional, ignoring the sense of the text in order to support an interpretation under the guise of being more accurate.

What do you all think about this?

01-16-2016, 05:39 AM	#63
ABrotherinFaith Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 100	Re: Putting To Test The Recovery Version Really interesting thread. It wasn't until I started read other versions that I started to feel the awkwardness of the Recovery version. I thought the Bible just sounded like that (I am thinking of things like Galatians 3:24 using "child-conductor." What is that?!). I was reading John and came to 7:39 He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified (HCSB) or in the NLT When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet *been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory. The Recovery version omits any past participle after yet. It reads like this : But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified*. I think the omission fits the modalist (?) idea of the processed triune God and is wholly intentional, ignoring the sense of the text in order to support an interpretation under the guise of being more accurate. What do you all think about this?