“who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.”
1 Peter 3:20
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Connection with Noah finding favor
Genesis 6:8 says Noah found favor with the LORD before it says anything he did. Peter reads the ark as a picture of baptism, and Hebrews 11:7 calls Noah an heir of "the righteousness that comes by faith."
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Noah's ark points to Jesus: it was the shelter God provided to carry people through His judgment. Peter says the water the eight passed through pictures "the baptism that now saves you also", "through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 3:21).
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Eight saved through water in the ark — baptism now saves you
“Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.”
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