Papyrus
87
Date:
140 A.D.
Discovered:
Unknown
Location:
Cologne, Germany, Institut fur Altretumskunde der Universitat zu Koln
Contents:
Philemon 13-15, 24-25
Notes:
Dated to match Papyrus 46 due to identical handwriting. If the date of P46 is
changed, this should change with it.
Philemon
13 whom
I desired to keep with me, that on your
behalf he might serve me in my
chains for the Good News.
14 But I
was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness
would not be as of necessity, but of
free will.
15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,
[..]
24 as
do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my
fellow workers.
25 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you your spirit. Amen.