1 Peter 3:21 This water prefigured immersion into Christ, which now also saves you, not by removing dirt from the physical body, but by serving as an appeal or, “pledge” to God for a clear conscience through the raising of Jesus Christ from the dead.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²¹ This water prefigured immersion [into Christ], which now also saves you, not by removing dirt from the [physical] body, but [by serving] as an appeal [or, “pledge”] to God for a clear conscience through the raising of Jesus Christ from the dead.