'Stain' in the Bible

You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.

You will become fuel for the fire -- your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the Lord, have spoken.'"

so that he may present the church to himself as glorious -- not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.