The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 11

1353. FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER v.

A leaf of thin vellum, broken and worm-eaten, but showing approximately the original dimensions. No clear traces of ruling are discernible. The round uncial writing is on a rather disproportionately large scale for the small size of the page. The hand bears a general resemblance to that of the Codex Sinaiticus, though both the lines and the individual letters are there less widely spaced. There is no clear instance of punctuation. Of the common angular sign used to fill up short lines, there is one doubtful example in line 3. God θεός and Christ Χριστός were contracted as usual. The pagination number entered by a different hand on one side of the leaf shows that the volume was of considerable compass.

The text appears to have stood in no close relationship to that of any of the main authorities. An agreement with codex Vaticanus against most other testimony is noticeable in line 13 (cf. line 25), but there are divergences elsewhere, e.g., lines 17, 27. A variant not otherwise attested occurs in line 6, and there is certainly one reading, more probably two, which have hitherto rested on much later authority (lines 11, 34); cf. 1075 introduction, 1170.

v. 5, 6 give grace. Humble 1 Peter 5:5-6
yourselves therefore under the migh-
20 ty hand of God, that
he may exalt you in
5 7 due time, casting all your
anxiety upon him, for he
cares for you.
8 Be sober, be watch-
10 ful; your adversary, the
devil, as a roaring
lion walks about, seeking
9 whom he may devour.
15 Resist him, steadfast
in the faith, knowing

page number 929 in Greek numerals
that the same kinds of suf-
fering are being accom-
10 plished in your brother-
hood. And the God of
20 all grace, who has called
us into his eternal glory
in Christ, after you have
suffered a little while,
he himself will perfect,
25 establish, and strengthen
you. To him be the do-
minion for ever and ever.
12 Amen.
Through Silvanus, the
30 faithful brother, as
I consider, I have writ-
ten briefly, exhorting
and testifying