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Originally Posted by Nell
Whenever the Recovery Version is discussed, I think about who did the original translation. There was a team, headed by John Ingalls. When it was first printed, John was given credit for his work. Now, I’m told, in later printed copies, John’s name no longer appears.
John’s contribution is the only reason I give this version any veracity at all. I don’t know how much John contributed to the footnotes, but there is a lengthy discussion on this forum on the footnotes.
The publisher can remove John’s name, but cannot remove his contribution to the project. It is intellectually dishonest for LSM to withdraw credit where credit is due. So, this translation begins with a false flag. Not a good thing.
I believe John (deceased) was an honorable man…a faithful servant. He was true to his word. I heard him share in a message he shared in Dallas in the early days that even if Witness Lee were to abandon “this way”, he would not.
When John confronted Lee with the “sin in the camp”, and the events that followed, he was faithful to the truth (facts) of the matters. I think he believed that Lee had left “the way”, but he (John) remained faithful by leaving. That’s when John’s name was removed from the RV.
Nell
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Nell, you are correct.
Both John Ingalls, Al Knoch, and Bill Duane, the original team, were honorable men who invested years of study into the original RecVersion using the American Standard Version 1901 as a translating guide and the Nestle Aland Greek Text as the source. When Ingalls exposed Philip Lee for corrupting the LSM Office, see his book “
Speaking The Truth In Love, WL turned over all the RecV translation work to Kerry Robichaux’s newly formed team. Their revised RecVersion is now published, and all references to Ingalls et.al. have been expunged. Part of that team merely extracted writings from other WL books to compile the footnotes.