Papyrus 30 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓³⁰, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles, it contains only 1 Thess 4:12-5:18. 25-28; 2 Thess 1:1-2; 2:1.9-11. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.^[1]

The manuscript is written in large uncial letters. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The number of the pages suggest that the manuscript was a collection of the Pauline epistles.^[2] It is a carefully executed manuscript.^[3]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.^[1] According to Comfort this manuscript shows greater agreement with Codex Sinaiticus than with Vaticanus (in 11 out of 13 variants).^[3]

According to Grenfell it agrees four times with B against א A, once with BA against א, twice with א A against B, once with א against B A.^[2]

According to Comfort it was written in the early 3rd century.^[3]

It is currently housed at the Ghent University (Inv. 61) in Ghent.^[1][4]

• 1 Thessalonians 5
• List of New Testament papyri