09/18/2026
Introducing the newest addition to the Collection: Papyrus 46, The Christ Hymn.
Discovered among the Chester Beatty Papyri and announced in 1931, P46 is the earliest substantial witness we have to Paul's letters. This leaf carries Philippians 1:17-2:12, including the hymn the church has sung for centuries: "At the name of Jesus every knee should bow... and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." A working scribe in Egypt copied these words around AD 175-225, nearly a century after Paul wrote them from prison: "to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Reproduced at true scale on genuine Egyptian papyrus, mounted front and back in acrylic so recto and verso can both be read at once, the whole span of the leaf in your hands.
P46, The Christ Hymn. Now available in the Collection