21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(A) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(B) toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(C) 22 who has gone into heaven(D) and is at God’s right hand(E)—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.(F)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh,(A) but the pledge[a] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.(B) 22 Now that He has gone into heaven,(C) He is at God’s right hand(D) with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.(E)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or the appeal