1 Peter 3:17-21

English Standard Version

¹⁷ For ^(A)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

¹⁸ For Christ also ^(B)suffered^{[a] (C)}once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ^(D)that he might bring us to God, being put to death ^(E)in the flesh but made alive ^(F)in the spirit, ¹⁹ in which^[b] he went and ^(G)proclaimed^[c] to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ because^[d] they formerly did not obey, ^(H)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, ^(I)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, ^(J)eight persons, were brought safely through water. ²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this, ^(K)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but ^(L)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, ^(M)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,