Christ’s Resurrection Guarantees Ours

²⁰ But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits^(A) of those who have fallen asleep.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh,^(A) but the pledge^[a] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.^(B)