2 Corinthians · Free Bible Version
2 Corinthians 6 Free Bible Version
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1 As workers together with God we also plead with you not to make your acceptance of God's grace worthless.
1 Y ASÍ [nosotros], [como] ayudadores juntamente [con él], [os] exhortamos también á que no recibáis en vano la gracia de Dios,
1 Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Just as God said, “At the right time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I rescued you.” Believe me: now is the right time! Now is the day of salvation!
2 (Porque dice: En tiempo aceptable te he oído, y en día de salud te he socorrido: he aquí ahora el tiempo aceptable; he aquí ahora el día de salud:)
2 For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
3 We don't put anything in anyone's way that would trip them up, making sure the work we do won't be criticized.
3 No dando á nadie ningún escándalo, porque el ministerio nuestro no sea vituperado:
3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
4 Instead we try to demonstrate we are good servants of God in every way we can. With a great deal of patience we put up with all kinds of trouble, hardship, and distress.
4 Antes habiéndonos en todas cosas como ministros de Dios, en mucha paciencia, en tribulaciones, en necesidades, en angustias;
4 but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
5 We have been beaten up, thrown into prison, and attacked by mobs. We have been worked to the bone, suffering sleepless nights and hunger.
5 En azotes, en cárceles, en alborotos, en trabajos, en vigilias, en ayunos;
5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
6 We demonstrate who we are by living blameless lives in the knowledge of God, with a great deal of patience, being kind and filled with the Holy Spirit, showing sincere love.
6 En castidad, en ciencia, en longanimidad, en bondad, en Espíritu Santo, en amor no fingido;
6 in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
7 We speak truthfully, living in the power of God. Our weapons consist of what is true and right; we attack with our right hand and we defend with our left.
7 En palabra de verdad, en potencia de Dios, en armas de justicia á diestro y á siniestro;
7 in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 We continue whether we are honored or dishonored, whether we are cursed or praised. People call us frauds but we tell the truth.
8 Por honra y por deshonra, por infamia y por buena fama; como engañadores, mas hombres de verdad;
8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,
9 We are disregarded, even though we are well-known; given up for dead, but we're still alive; lashed, but not killed.
9 Como ignorados, mas conocidos; como muriendo, mas he aquí vivimos; como castigados, mas no muertos;
9 as unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold—we live, as punished and not killed,
10 Seen as miserable, we are always rejoicing; as poor, but we make many rich; as destitute, but we own everything!
10 Como doloridos, mas siempre gozosos; como pobres, mas enriqueciendo á muchos; como no teniendo nada, mas poseyéndolo todo.
10 as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
11 I've been speaking bluntly, my Corinthian friends, loving you with a big heart!
11 Nuestra boca está abierta á vosotros, oh Corintios: nuestro corazón es ensanchado.
11 Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
12 We haven't kept our love from you, but you have kept your love from us.
12 No estáis estrechos en nosotros, mas estáis estrechos en vuestras propias entrañas.
12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
13 Please respond in the same way, as if you were my children, and be big-hearted!
13 Pues, para corresponder al propio modo (como á hijos hablo), ensanchaos también vosotros.
13 Now in return—I speak as to my children—you also open your hearts.
14 Don't join together with people who don't believe—for what connection does goodness have with wickedness? What do light and darkness have in common?
14 No os juntéis en yugo con los infieles: porque ¿qué compañía tiene la justicia con la injusticia? ¿y qué comunión la luz con las tinieblas?
14 Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 How could Christ and the devil ever agree? How could a believer and an unbeliever share together?
15 ¿Y qué concordia Cristo con Belial? ¿ó qué parte el fiel con el infiel?
15 What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?
16 What compromise could the Temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
16 ¿Y qué concierto el templo de Dios con los ídolos? porque vosotros sois el templo del Dios viviente, como Dios dijo: Habitaré y andaré en ellos; y seré el Dios de ellos, y ellos serán mi pueblo.
16 What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
17 “So leave them, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch anything that is unclean, and I will accept you.”
17 Por lo cual salid de en medio de ellos, y apartaos, dice el Señor, y no toquéis lo inmundo; y yo os recibiré,
17 Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
18 “I will be like a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
18 Y seré á vosotros Padre, y vosotros me seréis á mí hijos é hijas, dice el Señor Todopoderoso.
18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 12:15; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Peter 4:10; Galatians 2:21; 2 Corinthians 5:18–20
- 2 Isaiah 49:8; Hebrews 4:7; Hebrews 3:13; Isaiah 61:2; Hebrews 3:7
- 3 Romans 14:13; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 9:22; Matthew 18:6; 1 Corinthians 10:32–33
- 4 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 4:11–12; Romans 8:35–36
- 5 2 Corinthians 11:23–25; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Hebrews 11:36; Acts 19:23–34; Acts 17:5
- 6 Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 1:27; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 2:4
- 7 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; 2 Timothy 2:15; Ephesians 6:11–20; Ephesians 3:20
- 8 Matthew 27:63; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Timothy 4:10; Acts 28:22; Revelation 3:9
- 9 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; Romans 8:36; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10; 2 Corinthians 11:6
- 10 John 16:22; 2 Corinthians 8:9; James 2:5; Revelation 2:9; Hebrews 10:34
- 11 Psalm 119:32; 2 Corinthians 7:3–4; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Philippians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 2:4
- 12 2 Corinthians 7:2; Micah 2:7; Philippians 1:8; Job 36:16; 1 John 3:17
- 13 1 John 3:18; 3 John 4; 1 Corinthians 4:14–15; 1 John 3:7; 1 John 2:1
- 14 1 Corinthians 15:33; 1 Corinthians 10:21; James 4:4; Ephesians 5:6–14; Leviticus 19:19
- 15 1 Corinthians 10:20–21; 1 John 5:11–13; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Samuel 5:2–4; Ezra 4:3
- 16 Revelation 21:3; Exodus 29:45; Hebrews 8:10; Leviticus 26:12; Ezekiel 37:26–27
- 17 Isaiah 52:11; Revelation 18:4; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Psalm 1:1–3; Numbers 16:26
- 18 Revelation 21:7; John 1:12; 2 Samuel 7:14; Romans 8:14–17; Galatians 4:5–7
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