Just like we are cleansed by water in baptism, so we are cleansed from sin by the work of the Holy Spirit. (see Matthew 3:11). Through baptism we are renewed spiritually.1
The cleansing water of baptism signifies our cleansing from sin by God (Matthew 3:11).
5 Les habitants de Jérusalem, de toute la Judée et de tout le pays des environs du Jourdain, se rendaient auprès de lui;