Yet Peter makes it clear in this verse that it is not the ritual itself that saves, but the fact that we are united with Christ in His resurrection through faith, “the pledge of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 3:21).
Inililigtas kayo ng bautismo sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay ni Hesu Kristo" (1 Pedro 3:21).