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,
3.    Baptism is the antitype of the water of the flood. "Doth also" is a reference to water, plain ordinary water, water such as bore up the ark. The identical element is evident in both. The water that caused the flood is one with the water of baptism. The baptism which "doth also now save us" is water baptism. Holy Spirit baptism, which was a promise (and never a command) only to the apostles, does not in any way fit into this text. Intellectual honesty demands that we accept the baptism that saves as baptism in water (Acts 8:36).