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1 Peter 3:20-21

1Pet.3.20-1Pet.3.21

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20because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 3:20-21 English Standard Version (ESV)Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

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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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