apeitheia is disobedient conduct or a state of not obeying, portrayed as bringing exclusion, wrath, and mercy into view.

The attested verses use the term for disobedient conduct or a condition of not obeying: it identifies “sons” characterized by it, explains failure to enter, and stands within statements about wrath and mercy.

1. Disobedient conduct or condition · dominant

   The genitive singular form occurs in the designation “sons of disobedience” in Colossians 3:6, Ephesians 2:2, and Ephesians 5:6; in the first and third of these, the APB renders God’s wrath as coming upon that group. In Hebrews 4:6 the accusative singular form appears in the stated reason that former hearers “did not enter,” while Hebrews 4:11 presents an “example of disobedience” after which someone may fall. Romans 11:30 and Romans 11:32 place the term in statements about former disobedience, mercy, and all being shut up in that condition.

   Colossians 3:6Ephesians 2:2Ephesians 5:6Hebrews 4:6Hebrews 4:11Romans 11:30Romans 11:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the term with “disobedience,” including the phrases “sons of disobedience” and “example of disobedience.” In Romans 11:30 it instead renders the clause “you once disobeyed God”; These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed term-by-term equivalents.