1 Peter 3:17-22

New International Version

¹⁷ For it is better, if it is God’s will,^(A) to suffer for doing good^(B) than for doing evil. ¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once^(C) for sins,^(D) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.^(E) He was put to death in the body^(F) but made alive in the Spirit.^{(G) 19} After being made alive,^[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits^(H)— ²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently^(I) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.^(J) In it only a few people, eight in all,^(K) were saved^(L) through water, ²¹ and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you^(M) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience^(N) toward God.^[b] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,^{(O) 22} who has gone into heaven^(P) and is at God’s right hand^(Q)—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.^(R)