3:20 after they were disobedient long ago ¹  when God patiently waited ²  in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark ³  a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water. 3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ⁴  – not the washing off of physical dirt ⁵  but the pledge ⁶  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,