After Peter stated that it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil, he explains because it is following the example of Christ. Christ the just suffered for the unjust, but others have also followed this pattern. Peter uses the example of Noah, the preacher of righteousness, who was mocked for a hundred years, but in the end was saved. He was saved through the picture of baptism with the water coming from below and above the ark. This picture is not to be considered a picture of the washing off of sin, but of Noah and his family having a good consciences toward God is why they were saved in the ark. Peter is once again stressing that our sins have been forgiven and cleansed, but not by just dealing with the sin. God successfully dealt with the sin by dealing with the inner man. The turning from sin is just a side effect of having a good conscience toward God.
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