1 Peter 3:21-22

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²¹(That, by the way, is what baptism pictures for us: In baptism we show that we have been saved from death and doom by the resurrection of Christ;^[a] not because our bodies are washed clean by the water but because in being baptized we are turning to God and asking him to cleanse our hearts from sin.) ²²And now Christ is in heaven, sitting in the place of honor next to God the Father, with all the angels and powers of heaven bowing before him and obeying him.

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1 Peter 3:21 In baptism we show that we have been saved from death and doom by the resurrection of Christ, or “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you through the resurrection.”