In the body he was put to death; in the spirit he was brought to life. 3 19 And in the spirit he went and made his proclamation to the imprisoned spirits. 3 20 They had refused obedience long ago, while God waited patiently in the days of Noah and the building of the ark, and in the ark a few persons, eight in all, were brought to safety through the water. 3 21 This water prefigured the water of baptism through which you are now brought to safety. Baptism is not the washing away of bodily pollution, but the appeal made to God by a good conscience; and it brings salvation through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 3 22 who entered heaven after receiving the submission of angelic authorities and powers, and is now at the right hand of God.