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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Study Note
The parenthetical clarification that baptism saves 'not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer (eperōtēma) of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ' guards against a magical-automatic view of baptism while retaining its genuine saving significance. The Greek 'eperōtēma' is variously translated 'pledge, answer, appeal, or inquiry,' with the sense probably being a formal covenantal pledge or vow — baptism as the outward commitment made to God from an inwardly transformed conscience. The Noah-flood typology (vv. 20-21) presents water as both the medium of judgment on the unbelieving world and the vehicle of salvation for those 'in the ark,' paralleling Paul's Exodus-baptism typology in 1 Corinthians 10:1-2. The verse remains the central text in the debate between sacramental and symbolist interpretations of baptism in Western Christianity.
Bản dịch khác
which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
also to which an antitype doth now save us--baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,
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;
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