1 Peter 3:21

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The water of the flood is a picture of the way that baptism now saves you too. It doesn’t save you by washing the dirt off your body. Instead, it’s your way of promising God that you’ll keep a clear conscience by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Cross References

Mark 16:16

Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who doesn’t believe will be condemned.

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then your sins will be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 3:27

All of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ as if he were new clothes.

Acts 22:16

So what are you waiting for? Get up and call on his name. Be baptized and have your sins washed away.’

Ephesians 5:26

He did this to make her holy, washing her with water through the word.

1 Peter 1:3

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 Corinthians 12:13

We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink.

Colossians 2:12

When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ, and you were raised to life with him by believing in the work that God did when he raised Jesus from the dead.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 9:24

Christ didn’t enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself in order to appear before God on our behalf. He’s there right now.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you openly told others what you believed in front of many witnesses.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, since we have these promises from God, let’s purify ourselves from everything that could make our bodies and spirits impure. Let’s be completely holy, to honor God.

1 Corinthians 4:6

Brothers and sisters, I’ve used myself and Apollos as examples. I want to help you learn from us what the saying means, “Don’t go beyond what’s written.” If you understand that, you won’t feel proud that you follow one of us instead of the other.

Acts 16:33

In the middle of the night the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Right after that, he and everyone who lived with him were baptized.

Acts 8:36

As they traveled along the road, they came to some water. The official said, “Look! Here’s some water! What can keep me from being baptized?”

Romans 5:14

Still, everyone from the time of Adam to the time of Moses was under the power of death. That even included people who didn’t sin by breaking a command from God, the way Adam did. But Adam also gives us a picture of how the Messiah could come and do something that would affect everyone.

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham did this because he believed that God could bring back people who had died. And so, in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:12

With God’s help, we’ve acted toward everyone, and especially toward you, honorably and honestly. We can say that with pride and a clear conscience. We’ve depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom.

1 Timothy 1:5

I’m commanding you to do this for the sake of love, which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and sincere faith.

Hebrews 9:14

So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! He offered himself to God without any flaw through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. His blood washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

Hebrews 10:22

So let’s draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Our hearts have been sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. We’re sure that we’ve done what’s right, but we want to keep on living honorably in every way.

1 Peter 3:16

Keep your conscience clear, so that even if people say bad things about you as believers in Christ, they’ll be ashamed when the way you live proves them wrong.

John 13:9

“Then not just my feet, Lord,” Simon Peter replied. “Wash my hands and my head too!”