6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, Gen. 18:12calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and Prov. 3:25do not fear anything that is frightening.
17For ch. 2:20;[ch. 4:15,16]it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
21Baptism, which corresponds to this, Mark 16:16;Acts 16:33;Rom. 6:3-6;Titus 3:5now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but [Rom. 10:10] as an appeal to God for a good conscience, ch. 1:3through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,