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NASB | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:21 Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer's new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
Subject: How Does Baptism Save? |
Bible Note: Hi Rocky, I'd refer you to 1 Cor. 12:13, "For by ONE SPIRIT we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." The spiritual "baptism" is the reality,water is merely symbolic. As Dr. Kenneth Wuest notes regarding this, "It is the baptism with the Spirit in the sense that God the Father does the baptizing through His personal agent, the Holy Spirit." Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |