Rhupos denotes bodily uncleanness, named as what baptism is not a removal of.

The attested use names bodily uncleanness in a contrast: baptism is said not to be the removal of uncleanness from the flesh.

1. Bodily uncleanness contrasted with baptism · dominant

   In 1 Peter 3:21, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the phrase concerning removal from the flesh; the APB renders the clause, “is not a removal of the filth of the flesh.”

   1 Peter 3:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Peter 3:21, the APB presents the clause as “a removal of the filth of the flesh.” This wording confirms the clause's contrast without isolating every term precisely.