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1 Peter 3:18-22 (Basic)

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¹⁸ Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit; ¹⁹ By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those ²⁰ Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water: ²¹ 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; ²² Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 21) Baptism / Conversions - Baptism saves

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 18) Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part III) (2010-11-18)
(v. 21) Baptism into Christ (part III) (2010-12-31)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Noah (Noh-a): repose; consolation
Noah (Noh-a): that quavers or totters (Zelophehad's daughter)