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Here is a list of some of the notable papyrus fragments of the New Testament, arranged in

chronological order from oldest to more recent, as of my last knowledge update in


September 2021:

 Papyrus P52 (P52): Fragment of the Gospel of John, early 2nd century.
o "[…] the Jews […] not lawful for us to kill anyone […] so that the word of Jesus
might be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he was going
to die. Pilate went out again to the Jews and said to them, 'I find no guilt in
him.'"
 Papyrus P90 (P90): Fragment of the Gospel of John, early 3rd century.
o "The Jews answered and said to Him, 'Do we not say rightly that You are a
Samaritan and have a demon?' Jesus answered, 'I do not have a demon, but I
honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.'"
 Papyrus P46 (P46): Contains parts of several Pauline epistles, early 3rd century.
o 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one
man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of
grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus
Christ!
o 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,
so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.
o 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made
sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made
righteous.
o 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin
increased, grace increased all the more,
o 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through
righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
o 1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
o 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any
longer?
o 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death?
 Papyrus P75 (P75): Contains portions of the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John,
early 3rd century.
o 41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
o 42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours
be done."
o 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
o 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like
drops of blood falling to the ground.
 Papyrus P66 (P66): Contains a portion of the Gospel of John, early to mid-3rd
century.
o John 1:1-3: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things
were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made."
o John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
o John 6:35-40: "Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to
me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'"
o John 10:27-30: "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow
me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch
them out of my hand."
o John 14:6-7: "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will
know my Father as well.'"
o
 Papyrus P45 (P45): Contains portions of the four Gospels and Acts, early to mid-3rd
century.
o 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you
who weep now, for you will laugh.
o 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult
you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
o 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in
heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
o 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
o 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who
laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
 Papyrus P47 (P47): Fragment of the Book of Revelation, mid-3rd century.
o 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had
power to torment people for five months.
o 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in
Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
o 12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
o 13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the
four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
o 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels
who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
o 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day
and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
o 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten
thousand. I heard their number.
o 17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates
were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses
resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and
sulfur.
 Papyrus P72 (P72): Contains parts of 1 and 2 Peter, Jude, 1, 2, and 3 John, and Acts,
3rd to 4th century.
o 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
 Papyrus P4 (P4): Contains portions of the Gospel of Luke, 4th century.
o Only isolated words
 Papyrus P13 (P13): Fragment of the Epistle to the Hebrews, 4th century
o 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from
him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who
are before his throne,
o 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the
ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by
his blood
o 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and
dominion forever and ever. Amen.
o 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even
those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.
Even so. Amen.
 Papyrus P46 (P46): Contains portions of the Pauline epistles, 4th century.
o 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one
man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of
grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus
Christ.
o 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,
so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.
o 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made
sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made
righteous.
o 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin
increased, grace increased all the more,
o 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through
righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
o
o 1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
o 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any
longer?
o 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death?
 Papyrus P32 (P32): Fragment of the Epistle to Titus, 4th century.
o 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by
teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest
gain.
o 12 One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil
brutes, lazy gluttons.”
o 13 This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be
sound in the faith
o 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human
commands of those who reject the truth.
o 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not
believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are
corrupted.
 Papyrus P64 (P64): Contains portions of Matthew 26, 4th century.
o 7 a woman approached him holding an alabaster jar of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.
o 8 When the disciples saw it, they were angry and said, "Why this waste?"
o 10 But Jesus, knowing it, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For
she has done a noble deed for me."
o 14 Then one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief
priests
o 15 and said, "What will you give me if I hand him over to you?" And they paid
him thirty pieces of silver.

 John 18:31-33 (front side of P52) reads as follows:


"The Jews said to him [Pilate], 'We are not permitted to put anyone to death.' This was to
fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.
So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, 'Are you the
King of the Jews?'"
 John 18:37-38 (back side of P52) reads:
"Then Pilate said to him, 'So you are a king?' Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king.
For this purpose, I was born, and for this purpose, I have come into the world—to bear
witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.' Pilate said to him,
'What is truth?'"

 Papyrus 66, in John 1:18.


"No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him
known."
 New Testament version john 1:18
"No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in
closest relationship with the Father, has made him known."

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