1 Peter 3:21
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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,
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- 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,
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [the] demand as before God of a good conscience, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- BLB
- which also corresponds to the baptism now saving you⁺, not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the demand of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- ÅB
- det som også nå frelser oss i sitt motbilde, dåpen, som ikke er avleggelse av kjødets urenhet, men en god samvittighets pakt med Gud ved Jesu Kristi oppstandelse,
- OTB
- Og dette vannet symboliserer dåpen som nå også frelser dere—ikke fjerning av skitt fra kroppen, men løftet om en klar samvittighet overfor Gud. Det frelser dere ved Jesu Kristi oppstandelse,
- B1930
- det som også nu frelser oss i sitt motbillede, dåpen, som ikke er avleggelse av kjødets urenhet, men en god samvittighets pakt med Gud ved Jesu Kristi opstandelse,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:25–26
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Read in contextGalatians 3:27
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Read in contextActs 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Read in contextActs 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextEphesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Read in contextRomans 10:9–10
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Read in context1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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