Akeraios describes being uncorrupted in conduct, set alongside wisdom amid danger, evil, and a crooked generation.

The attested use describes uncorrupted conduct: it is paired with wisdom among wolves, contrasted with evil, and applied to children of God living amid a crooked and perverse generation.

1. Uncorrupted conduct amid opposition and evil · dominant

   In Matthew 10:16, the nominative plural masculine form stands in the instruction to be wise as serpents while the APB renders the paired description "innocent as doves" among wolves. In Philippians 2:15, the same form describes children of God without blemish amid a crooked and perverse generation; in Romans 16:19, the accusative plural masculine form is set against what is evil, while the APB renders the clause "innocent concerning what is evil."

   Matthew 10:16Philippians 2:15Romans 16:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB uses "innocent" in clauses about doves, children of God, and what is evil. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate every nuance of the term.