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,
Doth now save you, even baptism ...  This is as awkward a translation of this as the ingenuity of man could have devised.  "Baptism" is the subject of the clause and should be first, reading, "Even baptism doth now save you."  This simple statement of truth should upset no one, for Christ himself said, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16); and Peter here said no more than what the Lord said there.