nakedness
gumnotes denotes lack of clothing, whether endured as hardship or exposed as a source of shame.
The term denotes lack of clothing or consequent exposure: it appears among severe hardships, among threats that cannot separate from Christ’s love, and in the prospect that shame may be revealed without clothing.
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Lack of clothing and exposed shame · dominant
In 2 Corinthians 11:27, the dative singular form stands in a sequence of endured hardships; the APB renders the list with “in cold and nakedness.” In Romans 8:35, the nominative singular form is one item in a question about what might separate from Christ’s love, while Revelation 3:18 places the genitive singular form with clothing so that shame may not be revealed; the APB renders that clause “the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “nakedness” in the hardship lists of 2 Corinthians 11:27 and Romans 8:35, and speaks of “the shame of your nakedness” in Revelation 3:18. These renderings confirm the clauses’ presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.