1 Peter 3:21 meaning and explanation
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 3:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter has just recalled Noah's flood, where eight people were saved through water, and he says that water prefigures baptism, which now saves. He guards against a mechanical reading: baptism is not a physical washing that removes dirt, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God, and it saves through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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