1 Peter 4:18

4:18 And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of ¹  the ungodly and sinners? ² 

1 Peter 3:21

3:21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you ³  – not the washing off of physical dirt ⁴  but the pledge ⁵  of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

[4:18]  ¹ tn Grk “where will he appear.”

[4:18]  ² tn The personal references in v. 18 are generic singulars, but they have been changed to the plural in English to maintain consistency with the plurals of v. 17.

[3:21]  ³ tn Grk “which also, [as] an antitype, now saves you, [that is] baptism.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “the removal of the dirt of the flesh,” where flesh refers to the physical make-up of the body with no moral connotations.

[3:21]  ⁵ tn Or “response”; “answer.”