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20 who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water. 21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 3:20-21, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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