1 Peter 3:21

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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,

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KJV

King James Version

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:

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WEB

World English Bible

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,

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ASV

American Standard Version

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;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Peter 3

¹⁹ in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

²⁰ who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

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,

²² who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

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