Extracted Text

Koine Greek

[τῷ κυρίῳ κ]α̣ὶ̣ ἀδελφῷ ἡμῶν
ἄπα] Π̣α̣ι̣η̣ο̣ῦτι Πέννης
[ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ πλεῖστ]α̣ χαίρειν.
[πρὸ μὲν πάντων] ε̣ὔ̣[χομ]α̣ι̣ τῷ κυρίῳ θ(ε)ῷ
τ̣ ἀγ̣[α]γ̣ώντων
σὺν τ̣ῶ̣ ἔχοντι πάν-
[τα ἀδελ(?)]φ̣ῶ̣ν̣ συνπωνούντων
δ̣ιάθεσιν τὴν ἀδελφῷ
σ̣ε μάλλιστ̣α̣
ὅτι σὺν θ(ε)ῷ
υασ̣μ̣ε̣
ἀλλήλων τὴν
τ]ὴν ἐν ἡμ̣εῖν
προοδεύουσαν
τα̣ύ̣τ̣ην. εὔχο̣μ̣α̣ι οὖν τῷ ἀει-
[μνήστῳ θ(ε)ῷ π]άσαις ὥραις περὶ σοῦ καὶ περὶ
[τῶν ἀδελφῶ]ν̣ ἐ̣ν̣ Χ(ριστ)ῷ· καὶ γὰρ προσῆκόν
ἐ̣σ̣τ̣ι̣ν̣ ἀλλήλ[ων μι]μ̣ν̣ή̣σ̣κ̣εσ̣θαι ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ Χ(ριστ)ῷ διὰ
τὴν ἑκατέρων̣ ὑ̣γ̣ε̣ί̣ε̣ιαν
· τοῦτο δὲ ποιοῦντες
Χρηστιανοὶ
κληθή[σο]μ̣εν̣ ἐν Χ(ριστ)ῷ. τοῦτο δὲ
ἐν στέρνοις ἔχω ὅτι κὰ̣̓̀ν
με̣ε̣θα
μακρὰν
ἀλλήλων ἐν τῇ πίστει τοῦ ἀειμνήστου θ(εο)ῦ
καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν
ι̣ α̣μ̣ε̣ν̣ κ[αὶ] ἐ̣π̣ʼ αὐτόν
ἐστιν ἡ σωτηρία ἡμῶν Χω
δυνάμει ὀντα
σὺν τοῖς
πράτ’τουσι τὴν α̣[ὐ]τ̣οῦ μεγάλην δύναμιν καὶ συν-
εσχηκοτες
τ̣ὴ̣[ν] πρ[ο]σ̣ηγορείαν
. προσαγορεύω σε
πολλὰ καὶ τοὺ[ς ἀδε]λφ[ο]ὺς̣ πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα τοὺς σὺν
σοί, καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος προσαγορεύει σε καὶ τοὺς
σὺν σοὶ ἀδελφούς, κα̣[ὶ] οἱ σὺν ἡμῖν πάντες ἀδελφους
προσαγορεύου[σί] σε μετὰ καὶ πάντων τῶν
σὺν σοὶ ἀδελφους
. ἐφάνη δὲ ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν
ἐν πᾶσι ἡ προκυρ̣ι̣σσομένη
, μάλλιστα
ἡ μαρ-
τυρηθεῖσα ἡμῖν ὑ̣πὸ Ψάιτος καὶ Ἁρποκρᾶ ἁλιέων,
ὡς καὶ συνηρίθμη̣τε
ταῖς ἄλλαις ἀγάπαις
. τοῦτο δὲ ποιο̣ῦντ̣ε̣ς συνχρηστοὶ
κληθήσο-
μεν.

Latin

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Translation into English

To the Lord and our brother,
Greetings from P[a]i[th]o[us] Pen[n]is in the Lord.
First of all, I pray to the Lord God
for the well-being of all the brethren who are with us.
I especially pray that you may be in good health
and that you may prosper in all things.
I wish to remind you that it is fitting
to remember one another in the Lord Christ
for the health of each other.
By doing this, we Christians will be called in Christ.
I hold in my heart that even if we are far apart
in the faith of the ever-memorable God
and our Savior,
Amen, and may it be upon Him.
Our salvation is in Christ,
being with those who do His great work and
who have been appointed to the ministry.
I greet you and all the brethren with you by name,
and the blessed Paul greets you and the brethren with you,
and all the brethren with us greet you as well.
Your love has been evident in all things,
especially the love that has been testified to us
by Psaitos and Harpokras the fishermen,
as you have also been counted among the other loves.
By doing this, we will be called fellow Christians.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[τῷ κυρίῳ κ]α̣ὶ̣ ἀδελφῷ ἡμῶν
[ἄπα] Π̣α̣ι̣η̣ο̣ῦτι Πέννης
[ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ πλεῖστ]α̣ χαίρειν.
[πρὸ μὲν πάντων] ε̣ὔ̣[χομ]α̣ι̣ τῷ κυρίῳ θ(ε)ῷ
[...] ἀγ̣[α]γ̣ώντων σὺν [...] τ̣ῶ̣ ἔχοντι πάν-
[τα ... ἀδελ(?)]φ̣ῶ̣ν̣ συνπωνούντων [...] δ̣ιάθεσιν τὴν ἀδελφῷ
[...]σ̣ε μάλλιστ̣α̣ ὅτι σὺν θ(ε)ῷ
[...] ἀλλήλων τὴν [...] τ]ὴν ἐν ἡμ̣εῖν προοδεύουσαν
[...]τ]α̣ύ̣τ̣ην. εὔχο̣μ̣α̣ι οὖν τῷ ἀει-
[μνήστῳ θ(ε)ῷ π]άσαις ὥραις περὶ σοῦ καὶ περὶ
[τῶν ἀδελφῶ]ν̣ ἐ̣ν̣ Χ(ριστ)ῷ· καὶ γὰρ προσῆκόν
ἐ̣σ̣τ̣ι̣ν̣ ἀλλήλ[ων μι]μ̣ν̣ή̣σ̣κ̣εσ̣θαι ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ Χ(ριστ)ῷ διὰ
τὴν ἑκατέρων̣ ὑ̣γ̣ε̣ί̣ε̣ιαν· τοῦτο δὲ ποιοῦντες
Χρηστιανοὶ κληθή[σο]μ̣εν̣ ἐν Χ(ριστ)ῷ. τοῦτο δὲ
ἐν στέρνοις ἔχω ὅτι κὰ̣̓̀ν με̣ε̣θα μακρὰν
ἀλλήλων ἐν τῇ πίστει τοῦ ἀειμνήστου θ(εο)ῦ
καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν [...]α̣μ̣ε̣ν̣ κ[αὶ] ἐ̣π̣ʼ αὐτόν
ἐστιν ἡ σωτηρία ἡμῶν Χω δυνάμει ὀντα σὺν τοῖς
πράτ’τουσι τὴν α̣[ὐ]τ̣οῦ μεγάλην δύναμιν καὶ συν-
εσχηκοτες τ̣ὴ̣[ν] πρ[ο]σ̣ηγορείαν. προσαγορεύω σε
πολλὰ καὶ τοὺ[ς ἀδε]λφ[ο]ὺς̣ πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα τοὺς σὺν
σοί, καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος προσαγορεύει σε καὶ τοὺς
σὺν σοὶ ἀδελφούς, κα̣[ὶ] οἱ σὺν ἡμῖν πάντες ἀδελφους
προσαγορεύου[σί] σε μετὰ καὶ πάντων τῶν
σὺν σοὶ ἀδελφους. ἐφάνη δὲ ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν
ἐν πᾶσι ἡ προκυρ̣ι̣σσομένη, μάλλιστα ἡ μαρ-
τυρηθεῖσα ἡμῖν ὑ̣πὸ Ψάιτος καὶ Ἁρποκρᾶ ἁλιέων,
ὡς καὶ συνηρίθμη̣τε ταῖς ἄλλαις ἀγάπαις.
τοῦτο δὲ ποιο̣ῦντ̣ε̣ς συνχρηστοὶ κληθήσο-
μεν.

English Translation

[To our lord and] brother,
[Apa] Paieous of Pennes,
[very many greetings] in the Lord.
[Before all things] I pray to the Lord God
[...] having brought together with [...] the one who holds all things,
[...] brothers sympathizing together [...] the disposition toward the brother,
[...] especially you, because with God
[...] one another the [...] that is progressing among us.
[...] this. Therefore, I pray to the ever-
[memorable God] at all times concerning you and concerning
[the brothers] in Christ; for indeed it is fitting
to remember one another in the Lord Christ for
the health of each other. Doing this,
we shall be called Christians in Christ. And this
I hold in my heart, that even if we are far
from one another, in the faith of the ever-memorable God
and our Savior [...] we are [and] upon Him
is our salvation, being in the power of Christ with those
who perform His great power and having shared
the name. I greet you
greatly and all the brothers with you by name,
and the blessed Paul greets you and the brothers with you,
and all the brothers with us greet you along with all
the brothers with you. Your love has appeared
in everything, the love that is proclaimed, especially
that testified to us by Psaitos and Harpokras, fishermen,
so that you have been counted among the other loves.
Doing this, we shall be called fellow-Christians.