Papyrus 65
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | 1 Thessalonians 1-2 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | National Archaeological Museum (Florence) |
| Cite | V. Bartoletti, PGLSI XIV, (1957), pp. 5-7. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 65 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓65, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. The surviving texts of the epistle are the verses 1:3-2:1 and 2:6-13. The manuscript has been assigned on palaeographic grounds to the 3rd century.
- Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category I, but text of the manuscript is too brief for certainty. According to Philip Comfort, 𝔓49 and 𝔓65 came from the same manuscript.
- Location
It is currently housed at the Papyrological Institute of Florence in National Archaeological Museum (Florence) (PSI 1373).