3:21
Then , if one were out somewhere away from water and a preacher , he could not be saved . This will never do . It places too much in the hands of men . Peter makes it plain -- read 1 Peter 3:21 . '' ` The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us -LRB- not the putting away of the filth of the flesh , but the answer of a good conscience toward God , -RRB- by the resurrection of Jesus Christ , ' '' read Kate Newby . `` This makes it plain , '' said Robert . `` Water can not wash away sins except in a figurative way .