1Pe 3:21 | NET2full | STEP | And this prefigured baptism , which now saves you — not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God — through the resurrection of Jesus Christ ,

1 Peter 3:21

21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ^{▼▼tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} —not the washing off of physical dirt ^{▼▼tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.} but the pledge ^{▼▼tn Or “response”; “answer.”} of a good conscience to God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,