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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: 1 Pet 3:21 starts, in the Greek ... oJ; kai; uJma'ß ajntivtupon ... Disciplerami, "which/that" ... Hos, in the Greek is not a pronoun. It may be a pronoun in English ... but, it is also an adjective, adverb and conjunction. "Corresponding to that" refers back to the ark ... it is what saved. 3:20 says, in the Greek, dieswvqhsan dij udatoß. saved through water ... the water didn't save them, the ark did. I was saved by the fireman who took be through the fire. Searcher |