19. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits –
20. to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
21. and this water symbolises baptism that now saves you also – not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22. who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand – with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.