{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000482",
  "slug": "spot",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/spot/",
  "canonical_name": "Spot",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "METAPHOR",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001070",
      "label": "Spot/blemish language as a bounded metaphor for moral or ecclesial defect",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "New Testament spot/blemish language can move from physical defect vocabulary to moral or ecclesial impurity in clearly marked contexts.",
      "not_always": "The metaphor depends on purity/defect contexts; “spot” remains ordinary physical vocabulary elsewhere and should not be generalized to all imperfections of human nature.",
      "scope_note": "The metaphor depends on purity/defect contexts; “spot” remains ordinary physical vocabulary elsewhere and should not be generalized to all imperfections of human nature.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001070",
          "statement": "Ephesians 5:27 describes the church as ultimately having no spot, wrinkle, or similar defect, while 2 Peter 2:13 calls corrupt teachers spots and blemishes; these passages strongly support a contextual metaphor of moral or ecclesial defect, but not an invariant code for every physical spot.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED",
          "public_wording_class": "CANONICAL_MOTIF",
          "scope_limitation": "The metaphor depends on purity/defect contexts; “spot” remains ordinary physical vocabulary elsewhere and should not be generalized to all imperfections of human nature.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001583",
              "osis_start": "Eph.5.27",
              "osis_end": "Eph.5.27",
              "display_label": "Ephesians 5:27",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001584",
              "osis_start": "2Pet.2.13",
              "osis_end": "2Pet.2.13",
              "display_label": "2 Peter 2:13",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}