This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-- not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: The entire structure of Christianity rests upon the resurrection fact (1 Corinthians 15:14). It must follow, then, that baptism that "now saves us" must find its efficacy in the resurrection. Baptism is vitally tied to the resurrection (Romans 6:17). In Romans 6:3-4, Paul affirms baptism is a picture of death, burial, and resurrection. As Christ was raised, "even so we also should walk in newness of life."