Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓40, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century. Description It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27. The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date. This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus. It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der Universität in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45). See also List of New Testament papyri References Further reading Friedrich Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), pp. 28–31. External links VBP IV 57 P40 Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie Inv G 645, Digital MSI at CSNTM New Testament papyri 3rd-century biblical manuscripts Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament Epistle to the Romans papyri