1 Peter 3:21
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,
Note Or appeal for
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- like
- Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 4:6; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 11:19
- baptism
- Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3–6; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 5:26; Colossians 2:12; Titus 3:5–7
- the putting
- Ezekiel 36:25, 26; Zechariah 13:1; 2 Corinthians 7:1
- the answer
- Acts 8:37; Romans 10:9, 10; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Timothy 6:12
- by
- 1 Peter 1:3