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Berean Standard Bible

“And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”

1 Peter 3:21

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Peter compares the flood in Noah's time with baptism. Only a few people, eight in all, were brought safely through water in the ark.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

World English Bible (WEB)

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

King James Version (KJV)

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

American Standard Version (ASV)

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

also to which an antitype does now save us -- baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

A la figura de la cual el bautismo que ahora corresponde nos salva (no quitando las inmundicias de la carne, sino como demanda de una buena conciencia delante de Dios,) por la resurrección de Jesucristo:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Y esa agua representa el bautismo que ahora a ustedes también los salva. El bautismo no es para limpiar nuestro cuerpo, sino para comprometernos con Dios a tener una buena conciencia. Esta salvación es posible por la resurrección de Jesucristo,

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