1 Peter 3:16-22

16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—
20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.[b] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

Cross References 20

  • 1. ver 21; S Acts 23:1; Hebrews 13:18
  • 2. 1 Peter 2:12,15
  • 3. 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 4:19
  • 4. 1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 4:15,16
  • 5. 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 4:1,13
  • 6. S Hebrews 7:27
  • 7. S Romans 5:2
  • 8. Colossians 1:22; 1 Peter 4:1
  • 9. 1 Peter 4:6
  • 10. 1 Peter 4:6
  • 11. S Romans 2:4
  • 12. Ge 6:3,5,13,14
  • 13. Genesis 8:18
  • 14. Hebrews 11:7
  • 15. S Acts 22:16; Titus 3:5
  • 16. ver 16; S Acts 23:1
  • 17. 1 Peter 1:3
  • 18. S Hebrews 4:14
  • 19. S Mark 16:19
  • 20. S Matthew 28:18; S Romans 8:38

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "alive in the spirit, " 19"in which also"
  • [b]. Or "but an appeal to God for a clear conscience"
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