"a spot or stain," is used metaphorically (a) of moral blemish, Ephesians 5:27; (b) of lascivious and riotous persons, 2—Peter 2:13 .
is rendered "spots" in Jude 1:12 , AV: see ROCK , No. 2.
akin to A, No. 1, is used in Jude 1:23 , in the clause "hating even the garment spotted by the flesh," the garment representing that which, being brought into contact with the polluting element of the flesh, becomes defiled: see CLOTHING , No. 3 (last par.). See DEFILE , No. 4.
"unspotted, unstained" (a, negative, and A), is used of a lamb, 1—Peter 1:19; metaphorically, of keeping a commandment without alteration and in the fulfillment of it, 1—Timothy 6:14; of the believer in regard to the world, James 1:27 , and free from all defilement in the sight of God, 2—Peter 3:14 .
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