Concordant version

Concordant version (CV)

Publishing house: Concordant Publishing Concern

Author of the translation: Adolph Ernst Knoch

The version resembles Young's Literal Translation, being hyper-literal, but it was evidently designed to support Knoch's peculiar teachings, which included such heretical doctrines as Universalism, 'soul sleep,' Arminian soteriology, and Arian Christology. He avoids orthodox interpretations by various means, as for example in his treatment of the Greek word aionios ('eternal'). Knoch translates this word 'eonian' instead of 'eternal,' and explains in his writings that this adjective should be understood in the sense 'pertaining to the æon' or 'age-long.' By this means he obscures the biblical teaching on the soul's immortality and the eternal punishment of the unredeemed. Knoch had no formal education in the biblical languages.

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