Editing Recovery Version (section)

{{Short description|Modern English bible translation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Bible translation infobox | translation_title = Recovery Version
| image = [[File:Holy Bible Recovery Version.jpg|151px]]
| full_name = Holy Bible Recovery Version
| derived_from = American Standard Version (ASV)
| NT_published = 1985
| complete_bible_published = 1999
| author_info = [[Witness Lee]] and the editorial section of the [[Living Stream Ministry]]
| textual_basis ='''OT''': ''[[Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia]]'' (BHS; revised 1990 edition)
'''NT''': ''[[Novum Testamentum Graece]]'' (Nestle-Aland 26th edition)
| translation_type = Formal equivalence
| NT_version_revised= 1991
| version_revised= 2003, 2016
| publisher=Living Stream Ministry
| reading_level= High School
| copyright= © 2003 Living Stream Ministry
| religious_affiliation= [[Local Churches (affiliation)]]
| genesis_1:1-3=In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. But the earth became waste and emptiness, and darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was brooding upon the surface of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
| john_3:16=For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.
|}}

The '''Recovery Version''' is a [[modern English]] translation of the [[Bible]] from the original languages, published by [[Living Stream Ministry]], ministry of [[Witness Lee]] and [[Watchman Nee]]. It is the commonly used translation of [[Local Churches (affiliation)]].

The [[New Testament]] was published in 1985 with study aids, and was revised in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Testament Recovery Version |publisher=[[Living Stream Ministry]] |isbn=9781575939070 |pages=2}}</ref> Text-only editions of the New Testament and of the complete Bible became available in 1993 and 1999, respectively.<ref>Chamberlin, William J. ''Catalogue of English Bible Translations: A Classified Bibliography of Versions and Editions Including Books, Parts, and Old and New Testament Apocrypha and Apocryphal Books''. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991. Print.</ref> The full study Bible was published in 2003. The name was chosen to reflect the [[Restorationism|restorationist]] theology of the authors, who believe many of the doctrines in their translation (such as [[Sola fide|justification by faith alone]]) were lost by the church before being recovered later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recoveryversion.bible/|title=The Holy Bible Recovery Version|website=recoveryversion.bible}}</ref>