1 Peter 3:21
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Belief in Jesus is the end result regardless of how we get there.
Your comment: “Obviously Peter was not saying that a person has to be Baptized to be saved but that it would save us.”
This is what Jesus said:
Jesus answered, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.d 6What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.e 7Do not be amazed that I told you, ‘You must be born from above. John 2:5-7