Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees Ours

²⁰ But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits^(A) of those who have fallen asleep.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body,^(A) but the pledge^[a] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,^(B)