akrobustia denotes the state of not being circumcised, also used in contrasts and descriptions of those so identified.

The term denotes the state of not being circumcised, regularly contrasted with circumcision and sometimes used where the context identifies persons or a group by that status. The supplied verses apply it to calling and bodily flesh, to those addressed by the gospel or justified through faith, and to arguments that this distinction is not decisive.

1. The status of not being circumcised · dominant

   The supplied singular forms identify a condition repeatedly set beside circumcision: in 1 Corinthians 7:18 the APB renders a call received “in uncircumcision,” while 1 Corinthians 7:19 says that circumcision and uncircumcision are “nothing.” In Romans 4:10 and Romans 4:11, the APB places Abraham's faith and its reckoning in the time described as “uncircumcised”; Colossians 2:13 specifically joins the term to “your flesh.” The same status can identify people collectively, as in Galatians 2:7 and Romans 3:30, where the APB speaks of “the uncircumcised.”

   1 Corinthians 7:181 Corinthians 7:19Colossians 2:13Galatians 2:7Romans 4:10Romans 4:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “uncircumcision” or “uncircumcised,” including contrasts with circumcision and references to people so described. These English expressions confirm the verses' overall presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.