Papyrus 38 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓38, is an early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek.

The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century.

[1] Although the text is quite short, the Greek text of this codex has been called a representative of the Western text-type.

Aland named it as Free text and placed in Category IV.

The text of this manuscript is related to Codex Bezae.