This copy of the Holy Bible is the new revised standard version and includes the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books. The New Revised Standard Version has simple suggestions on how to read the Bible devotionally and includes an easy-to-follow daily Bible reading plan which gives a great deal of help to a person reading the Bible for the first time. This New Revised Standard Version has a brief summary of every book in the Bible and a chart that provides an overview of every book that is in the Bible. If you are looking for help with a particular question or problem, this edition has a guide referring the reader to specific verses in the Bible. This New Revised Standard Version has a guide to help a person locate famous stories they may have heard or locate readings for specific occasions such as Christmas or Easter or other special days. If you are looking for a Bible for yourself for the first time or someone else who is looking at reading the Bible for the first time, you will appreciate the features of this edition of the Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version.