20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(A) while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[a](B)—were saved through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body,(C) but the pledge[b] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(D) 22 who has gone into heaven(E) and is at the right hand of God(F) with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.(G)

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  1. 3:20 Or souls
  2. 3:21 Or the appeal

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