let’s all read verse 21 together:
“baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you......”
baptism saves us??? really? how can that be?
yes, baptism saves us, because it places us into Christ, we receive remission of our sins and we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
so yes my friends, the Bible teaches us that baptism does save us!!
it saves us not by washing the outer man but the soul!
Paul tells us this in Titus 3:5
“he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteouness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit”
Washing the outer body does not cause the washing of the soul.
But when you stand before God, go ahead and tell Him that you expect to get into heaven because you got wet.