¹⁹ After being made alive,^[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits^(A)— ²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently^(B) in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.^(C) In it only a few people, eight in all,^(D) were saved^(E) through water, ²¹ and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you^(F) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience^(G) toward God.^[b] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,^(H)