Papyrus 6

The manuscript also contains text of the First Epistle of Clement, which is treated as a canonical book of the New Testament by the Coptic Church.

[3] 15 fragments from the four original leaves contain the Greek text of the Gospel of John.

The Coptic (Akhmimic) text of the codex contains: First Epistle of Clement 1:1-26:2; John 10:1-12,20; 13:1-2,11-12; James 1:13-5:20.

Kurt Aland placed it in Category II of New Testament manuscripts, because it has some alien readings.

[2] In John 10:4-5 it has singular word order τ[ην φωνην των αλλο]τριων.

[6] In John 11:5 it has singular reading της μαρθαν και την αδελφεν αυτης.

[6] In John 11:45 it has reading οι ελθοντες προς την Μαριαμ along with the manuscripts Papyrus 59, Vaticanus, Ephraemi, Regius, minuscule 33; other manuscripts read οι ελθοντες μετα Μαριαμ.

[9][10] Friedrich Rösch suggested the 5th or 6th century, according to him the earlier date of the codex is excluded by presence 1 Epistle of Clement.

It was the second manuscript with translation 1 Epistle of Clement into Coptic and the first in Akhmimic dialect.

Fragments with text of John 11:45