New Revised Standard Version

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The New Revised Standard Version (also known as the NRSV) is a revision of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible that was released in 1989. There are three editions of the NRSV: 1) the standard edition containing the Old and New Testaments alone; 2) the standard edition containing the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books in addition to the Old and New Testaments; 3) the Catholic edition containing the Old Testament books in the order of the Vulgate. It was translated by the Division of Christian Education (now Bible Translation and Utilization) of the National Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian group.

The chief revision made to the RSV was the use of gender-inclusive language, which has been criticized by conservative Christians. For example, where Paul says "Brothers" in the original Greek (adelphoi), the NRSV says "Brothers and sisters."

Partly in reaction to this, a more conservative revision of the RSV that does not use gender-inclusive language came out in 2001: the English Standard Version (ESV).

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