The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 69

Fr. 7

(22.8) (Vis. IV 1)

I gave. But in this way the beast
was coming with a rushing sound, so that it could
destroy a city.
22.9

I am coming near it, and such a
huge sea-monster - - -
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Three lines seem to have been lost between fragments 6 and 7.
1 "I gave" is restored as an example.
1–2 The manuscript order differs from the standard transmission of the text.
5 "Such a huge sea-monster" is restored as an example.

Fr. 8

(27.4) (Mand. II)

God gives to all who are in
need, give simply, without
hesitating to whom you give or to whom
you do not give. For God wants to give
to all from his own
27.5

gifts. Those, therefore, who
receive will return - -

4 The papyrus likely omitted "give to all," perhaps due to a copyist error skipping between similar words.
5 "From his own" is restored as an example.

Fr. 9

(29.1) (Mand. IV 1)

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Let it not come up into
your heart concerning a woman
of another, or concerning fornication