The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 69

10 and without stumbling.
35.5

For it is neither rough nor
thorny. Do you see,
therefore, that it is more profitable
to walk in this path? "It
pleases me," I say, "Lord, to walk in
this path."
15

"You will walk," he says, "and whoever..."

1 "For" matches the Athous manuscript.
2 "Tracks" (tricks/paths).
2–3 The papyrus version is shorter than other manuscripts, which add details about the path leading to destruction.
4 "Harmful" matches the Athous manuscript.
5 "To those walking in it" matches most witnesses.
10–11 "Do you see" matches the Athous and Latin traditions.
11 "More profitable" is a scholarly reconstruction of the Greek.
13 "It pleases me" is the reconstructed reading; the dative "to me" was likely omitted by accident.
13–14 "To walk in this path" matches most manuscripts.

Fr. 14

(37.5)

(Mand. VII 5)

His commandments. To them
is the life with
God. But for those who do not keep
his commandments, there is no
5

life in them.
] eighth commandment
]..[.]. [
38.1

Mand. VIII

2–3 "With God" matches the Athous manuscript.
3–4 "But for those who do not keep" matches most manuscript traditions.
4 "His commandments" matches the Athous manuscript.
5 "In them" is restored as an example.
6 The number is restored based on earlier fragments.
7 The initial traces likely belong to the word "I said," marking the start of a new section.