¹⁵ but ^[a]sanctify ^(A)Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready ^(B)to make a ^[b]defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the ^(C)hope that is in you, but ^(D)with gentleness and ^(E)respect; ^16 [c]and keep a ^(F)good conscience so that in the thing in which ^(G)you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. ¹⁷ For ^(H)it is better, ^(I)if ^[d]God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. ¹⁸ For ^(J)Christ also ^[e]suffered for sins ^(K)once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might ^(L)bring us to God, having been put to death ^(M)in the flesh, but made alive ^(N)in the ^[f]spirit; ¹⁹ in ^[g]which He also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ who once were disobedient when the ^(O)patience of God ^(P)kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of ^(Q)the ark, in which a few, that is, ^(R)eight ^(S)persons, were brought safely through the water. ^21 (T)Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—^(U)not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God ^[h]for a ^(V)good conscience—through ^(W)the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ^22 (X)who is at the right hand of God, ^(Y)having gone into heaven, ^(Z)after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.