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1 Peter 3:21

1 Peter 3:21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save us - There are some various readings here in the Greek text, but the sense is not essentially varied. Some have proposed to read (ῷ hō)…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The like figure whereunto, etc. - Dr. Macknight has translated this verse so as to make the meaning more clear: By which (water) the antitype baptism (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 3:21-22

Noah's salvation in the ark upon the water prefigured the salvation of all good Christians in the church by baptism; that temporal salvation by the ark was a type, the antitype whereunto is the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us The MSS. present two readings; one that of the Textus Receptus, answering to the English Version as giving the relative pronoun in the…