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Truth for one group in the Bible does not necessarily mean that that same truth applies to other groups in the Bible, or otherwise. For instance:

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Baptism by the Spirit (not of water) is both symbolic to the baptism of being in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection with Him upon having faith, and instrumental as being the means by which a believer is spiritually placed into the body of Christ and sealed for eternity.

Truth for one group in the Bible does not necessarily mean that that same truth applies to other groups in the Bible, or otherwise. For instance:

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Romans 6:4

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Colossians 2:12

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

In summary, the baptism that Paul refers to in Romans may very well be the same one that now even Peter understands and teaches of with his audience. Peter says the one baptism that saves is not the one of water, which only washes the flesh, but the one of having faith in Christ (a good conscience toward God) by Christ's resurrection:

In summary, the baptism that Paul refers to in Romans may very well be the same one that even Peter now understands and teaches to his audience. Peter says the one baptism that saves is not the one of water, which only washes the flesh, but the one of having faith in Christ (a good conscience toward God) by Christ's resurrection:

Even Peter now understands and teaches his audience that the one baptism that saves is not of water that only washes the flesh, but of having faith in Christ and His resurrection:

In summary, the baptism that Paul refers to in Romans may very well be the same one that now even Peter understands and teaches of with his audience. Peter says the one baptism that saves is not the one of water, which only washes the flesh, but the one of having faith in Christ (a good conscience toward God) by Christ's resurrection: