Hugo McCord (1911–2004) was an American preacher and biblical scholar within the

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in America. He produced his own translation of the

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(and

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, and

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), titled ''The Everlasting Gospel'', which he affectionately called the Freed-Hardeman Version. McCord attended a number of schools: Freed–Hardeman College (now

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), the

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, the

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, the

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. In addition to serving as a preacher in a number of congregations, he taught at Oklahoma Christian College (now

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). Among his many converts he

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American

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Earl Irvin West in 1935.

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