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,
According to these plain declarations of the Holy Spirit, no one can be saved outside of the body of Christ; the saved are in Christ; the unsaved are outside. The apostle Paul says that we are "baptized into Christ" (Galatians 3:27).