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1 Peter 3:20-21

1Pet.3.20-1Pet.3.21

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20to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 3:20-21 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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  1. 1 Peter 3:20-21 parallels Genesis 7:17-23

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    Peter himself draws the correspondence: the eight souls saved through the water of the flood correspond to baptism, which saves through the resurrection of Jesus.

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    • Limits of the comparison: Peter's point is the pledge of a clear conscience through the resurrection, not the water itself; Christian traditions differ on how baptism saves.

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