This water SYMBOLIZES baptism that now saves you

[tonychanyt]

NIV 1 Peter 3:

20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

symbolizes
ἀντίτυπον (antitypon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 499: Neuter of a compound of anti and tupos; corresponding, i.e. A representative, counterpart.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

1. a thing formed after some pattern (τύπος (which see 4 a.)) (German Abbild): Hebrews 9:24 (R. V. like in pattern).
2. "a thing resembling another, its counterpart;

Berean Literal Bible:

20at one time having disobeyed, when the longsuffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, of the ark being prepared, in which a few—that is, eight souls—were saved through water, 21 which also prefigures the baptism now saving you, not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the demand of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

I see the parallel:

The flood water    floated    Noah's ark.
Baptism water      saves      Christians.

Baptism is the antitype or true type because it cleanses our inside. True baptism isn't superficial or just ritualistic.

Was Peter referring to the ritualistic baptism?

Barnes said no:

The points of resemblance in the two cases seem to have been these:
(1) There was salvation in both; Noah was saved from death, and we are saved from hell.
(2) water is employed in both cases - in the case of Noah to uphold the ark; in ours to be a symbol of our purification.

Water baptism is a symbol.

(3) the water in both cases is connected with salvation: in the case of Noah by sustaining the ark; in ours by being a symbol of salvation, of purity, of cleansing, of that by which we may be brought to God.
The meaning of this part of the verse, therefore, may be thus expressed: "Noah and his family were saved by water, the antitype to which (to wit, that which in important respects corresponds to that) baptism (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, or the mere application of material water, but that purifying of the heart of which it is the appropriate emblem) now saves us."

not the superficial act of ritualistic baptism

Not the putting away of the filth of the flesh - Not a mere external washing, however solemnly done. No outward ablution or purifying saves us, but that which pertains to the conscience. This important clause is thrown in to guard the statement from the abuse to which it would otherwise be liable, the supposition that baptism has of itself a purifying and saving power. To guard against this, the apostle expressly declares that he means much more than a mere outward application of water.

Peter was not talking about ritualistic and superficial water baptism. He stressed the deeper conscience before God.

 

[Dan Perez]

NIV 1 Peter 3:

symbolizes
ἀντίτυπον (antitypon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 499: Neuter of a compound of anti and tupos; corresponding, i.e. A representative, counterpart.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:


Berean Literal Bible:

I see the parallel:

The flood water    floated    Noah's ark.
Baptism water      saves      Christians.

Baptism is the antitype or true type because it cleanses our inside. True baptism isn't superficial or just ritualistic.

Was Peter referring to the ritualistic baptism?

Barnes said no:

Water baptism is a symbol.

not the superficial act of ritualistic baptism


Peter was not talking about ritualistic and superficial water baptism. He stressed the deeper conscience before God.

If WATER BAPTISM can save , your thoughts on 1 Cor 10:2 where all were BAPTIZED unto Moses in the CLOUD and in the SEA ?

dan p

 

[tonychanyt]

If WATER BAPTISM can save , your thoughts on 1 Cor 10:2 where all were BAPTIZED unto Moses in the CLOUD and in the SEA ?

dan p

Ritualistic and superficial water baptism cannot save anyone.

 

[Danthemailman]

In 1 Peter 3:21, Peter tells us that baptism now saves you, yet when Peter uses this phrase, he continues in the same sentence to explain exactly what he means by it. He said that baptism now saves you-not the removal of dirt from the flesh (that is, not as an outward, physical act which washes dirt from the body--that is not what saves you), "but an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" (that is, as an inward, spiritual transaction between God and the individual, a transaction that is symbolized by the outward ceremony of water baptism).

Just as the eight people in the ark were "saved THROUGH water" as they were IN THE ARK. They were not literally saved "by" the water. Hebrews 11:7 is clear on this point (..built an ARK for the SAVING of his household). The context reveals that ONLY the righteous (Noah and his family) were DRY and therefore SAFE. In contrast, ONLY the wicked in Noah's day came in contact with the water and they all perished.