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Hi Carl, and thanks for the question. Peter is saying what the rest of the New Testament is saying: baptism does not bring salvation, but pictures what has happened to us spiritually. He says this explicitly when he says, “not as a removal of dirt from the body,” that is the water means nothing, except for what it is pointing to, namely faith in Christ. When you look at the context, it’s very clear Peter is consistent with the rest of the New Testament. The argument of 1 Peter 3:19-22 is this: 1. God was patient in judgment (20). 2. The waters of the flood (judgment) were saving for Noah and his family only as they believed God; the flood waters were damning for everyone else who did not believe. 3. The flood waters were a type of baptism (“baptism which corresponds to this” v. 21). 4. Baptism is not salvific. Water removes dirt, but a person is not saved because they’ve been dunked. 5. Baptism is grounded in the resurrection of Christ and a persons faith in Christ. In summary, Peter can say Baptism saves because it pictures the inward faith of a believer (the appeal to God) and the cleansing brought through faith in Christ (good conscience). This comes only through faith in Jesus Christ who has been raised from the dead. I hope that is helpful. Graham