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 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A) 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.(B)

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  1. 3.21 Or a pledge to God from