1 Peter 3:21

And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Cross References (23)

  • Mark 16:16 (23)

    Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

  • Ezekiel 36:25–26 (16)

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your

  • Acts 2:38 (15)

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

  • Galatians 3:27 (14)

    For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

  • Acts 22:16 (13)

    And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

  • Ephesians 5:26 (11)

    to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

  • 1 Peter 1:3 (9)

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope

  • Romans 10:9–10 (9)

    that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you w

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 (8)

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one S

  • Colossians 2:12 (5)

    And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised

  • Matthew 28:19 (5)

    Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

  • Hebrews 9:24 (3)

    For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behal

  • Titus 3:5–7 (3)

    He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and re

  • Romans 6:3–6 (3)

    Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

  • 1 Timothy 6:12 (3)

    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confess

  • Zechariah 13:1 (2)

    “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and i

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1 (2)

    Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit,

  • Acts 16:33 (2)

    At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household wer

  • Acts 8:36 (2)

    As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent

  • 1 Corinthians 4:6 (2)

    Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go be

  • Romans 5:14 (1)

    Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He

  • Hebrews 11:19 (0)

    Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12 (-1)

    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relatio