1 Corinthians · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Con respecto a las cosas de las cuales ustedes me escribieron, bueno es para un hombre no tocar mujer.
1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Pero por causa de las inmoralidades sexuales, cada uno tenga su propia esposa, y cada una su propio esposo.
2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 El esposo y la esposa cumplan su deber conyugal.
3 Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
4 La esposa no tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino el esposo. Del mismo modo el esposo tampoco tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino la esposa.
4 The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 No se nieguen el uno al otro, excepto por mutuo acuerdo durante un tiempo para que [lo] dediquen a hablar con Dios. Luego vuelvan a unirse, a fin de que Satanás no los tiente a causa de su falta de dominio propio.
5 Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Esto digo como una concesión, no como un mandamiento.
6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7 Más bien quiero que todos los hombres sean como yo, pero cada uno tiene su propia dotación de Dios, uno de un modo, y otro de otro.
7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 Digo, pues, a los solteros y a las viudas: Bueno es para ellos si permanecen como yo.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 Pero si no tienen dominio propio, cásense, porque es mejor casarse que quemarse.
9 But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 El Señor ordena a los casados, no yo: A [la] esposa, que no se separe de su esposo.
10 But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
11 Y si se separa, que permanezca sin casarse, o se reconcilie con su esposo. [Y al] esposo, que no se divorcie de su esposa.
11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
12 Yo digo a los demás, no el Señor: Si algún hermano tiene esposa no creyente en Cristo y ella consiente en vivir con él, no se divorcie.
12 But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
13 Si alguna esposa tiene esposo no creyente en Cristo, y él consiente en vivir con ella, no se divorcie.
13 The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
14 Porque el esposo no creyente es santificado por la esposa, y la esposa no creyente por su esposo. Pues de otra manera, sus hijos son impuros, pero de esta manera son santos.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 No obstante, si el no creyente se separa, que se separe, pues en estos casos, no está sujeto a servidumbre el hermano o la hermana. Dios los llamó a paz.
15 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
16 Porque ¿cómo sabes, esposa, si salvarás al esposo? ¿O cómo sabes, esposo, si salvarás a la esposa?
16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Pero, cada uno haga como el Señor le asignó y como Dios lo llamó. Esto ordeno en todas las iglesias.
17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 ¿Fue llamado algún circuncidado? Quédese circuncidado. ¿Fue llamado alguno no circuncidado? No se circuncide.
18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Ni la circuncisión ni la incircuncisión sirven para algo. Lo que vale es la obediencia a los Mandamientos de Dios.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping God’s commandments.
20 Cada uno permanezca en la condición en la cual fue llamado.
20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
21 ¿Fuiste llamado esclavo? No te preocupes. Pero si puedes ser libre, más bien aprovecha.
21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
22 Porque el esclavo llamado por [el] Señor es liberto del Señor. Asimismo el que es llamado libre es esclavo de Cristo.
22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
23 Por precio fueron comprados. No sean esclavos de hombres.
23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 Hermanos, cada uno permanezca ante Dios en el estado en el cual fue llamado.
24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
25 Acerca de las vírgenes, no tengo un Mandamiento del Señor, pero doy opinión como uno que logró misericordia de Él para ser digno de confianza.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Considero, pues, que esto es bueno a causa del tiempo presente: Es bueno para un hombre quedarse como está.
26 Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 ¿Estás unido en matrimonio? No busques un divorcio. ¿Estás sin esposa? No busques esposa.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.
28 Pero si te casas no pecas. Si la virgen se casa, no peca, pero ellos tendrán aflicción en el cuerpo, y yo se la quiero evitar.
28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
29 Por lo demás, hermanos, nos queda poco tiempo para que los que tienen esposa sean como los que no tienen,
29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
30 los que lloran como los que no lloran, los que gozan como los que no gozan, los que compran como los que nada tienen,
30 and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
31 y los que se aprovechan del mundo como los que no son absorbidos [por él], porque la apariencia de este mundo pasa.
31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
32 Quiero, pues, que ustedes estén libres de preocupación. El soltero se preocupa por las cosas del Señor, cómo agradarlo.
32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 Pero el casado se preocupa por las cosas del mundo, cómo agradar a su esposa,
33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 y está dividido. La mujer no casada y la virgen tienen preocupación por las cosas del Señor, para ser santas en el cuerpo y en el espíritu. Pero la casada tiene preocupación por las cosas del mundo, cómo agradar al esposo.
34 There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
35 Esto digo para su propio beneficio, no para imponerles restricción, sino a fin de que tengan orden y constante devoción al Señor sin distracción.
35 This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
36 Pero si alguno piensa que está actuando indecentemente con su virgen, cuando esté pasada de su edad núbil, y si es necesario que sea así, que haga lo que desea. No peca. Que se case.
36 But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
37 Pero el que está firme en su corazón y no tiene necesidad, tiene autoridad con respecto a su propia voluntad y decidió en el corazón guardar la suya virgen, bien hará.
37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38 Así que el que se casa con su virgen hace bien. El que no se casa hace mejor.
38 So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
39 La esposa está atada a su esposo durante toda la vida. Pero si muere el esposo, ella es libre para casarse con el que quiera, con tal [que sea] en el Señor.
39 A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
40 Pero según mi parecer, es más dichosa si permanece viuda. Y pienso que yo también tengo el Espíritu de Dios.
40 But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Cross references (38)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Corinthians 7:8; Matthew 19:10–11; 1 Corinthians 7:26–27; 1 Corinthians 7:37–38; Genesis 20:6
- 2 Ephesians 5:28; Ephesians 5:33; 1 Corinthians 7:9; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 5:18–19
- 3 1 Peter 3:7; Exodus 21:10
- 4 Matthew 19:9; Hosea 3:3; Mark 10:11–12
- 5 Exodus 19:15; Joel 2:16; Zechariah 12:12–14; 1 Samuel 21:4–5; Matthew 19:11
- 6 2 Corinthians 8:8; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:12; 2 Corinthians 11:17
- 7 Matthew 19:11–12; 1 Corinthians 7:8; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 12:4
- 8 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 7:34–35; 1 Corinthians 7:7; 1 Corinthians 7:26–27; 1 Corinthians 7:1
- 9 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Timothy 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:11; 1 Corinthians 7:28; 1 Corinthians 7:36
- 10 Matthew 5:32; Luke 16:18; Malachi 2:14–16; Matthew 19:3–9; Mark 10:11–12
- 11 Jeremiah 3:1; 1 Corinthians 7:10; Deuteronomy 22:19; Isaiah 50:1; Judges 19:2–3
- 12 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 11:17; 1 Corinthians 7:25; Ezra 10:2–3; Ezra 10:11–19
- 14 Malachi 2:15–16; 1 Timothy 4:5; Isaiah 52:1; Titus 1:15; Romans 11:16
- 15 Romans 14:19; James 3:17–18; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Matthew 12:50
- 16 1 Peter 3:1–2; Romans 11:14; 1 Corinthians 9:22; James 5:19–20; Luke 15:10
- 17 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:24; Romans 12:3–8; 1 Corinthians 7:20–21; 2 Corinthians 11:28
- 18 Acts 15:5; Acts 15:19; Galatians 5:1–3; Colossians 3:11; Acts 15:28
- 19 Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15; 1 John 2:3–4; Romans 2:25–29; 1 John 3:22–24
- 20 1 Corinthians 7:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Proverbs 27:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 7:21–24
- 21 1 Peter 2:18–24; Colossians 3:11; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Luke 12:29; Luke 10:40–41
- 22 1 Peter 2:16; Philemon 16; Colossians 3:22–24; Galatians 5:13; Romans 6:18–22
- 23 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Titus 2:14; Leviticus 25:42; Revelation 5:9
- 24 1 Corinthians 7:20; Colossians 3:23–24; 1 Corinthians 7:17; Genesis 17:1; 1 Corinthians 10:31
- 25 1 Corinthians 7:6; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 7:40; 2 Corinthians 8:8–10; 1 Corinthians 7:12
- 26 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:8; Luke 23:28–29; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:28
- 27 1 Corinthians 7:12–14; 1 Corinthians 7:20
- 28 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:32–36; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 2 Corinthians 1:23
- 29 1 John 2:17; Romans 13:11–12; 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 4:13–16; Hebrews 13:13–14
- 30 Ecclesiastes 3:4; John 16:22; Luke 6:21; Psalm 126:5–6; Revelation 7:17
- 31 1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 4:7; Luke 21:34; James 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24
- 32 Matthew 6:25–34; 1 Timothy 5:5; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 55:22; Matthew 13:22
- 33 1 Peter 3:7; Colossians 3:19; 1 Timothy 5:8; Ephesians 5:25–33; Luke 12:22
- 34 Luke 10:40–42; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Luke 2:36–37; Romans 12:1–2; Philippians 1:20
- 35 1 Corinthians 7:33–34; 1 Corinthians 7:36; Luke 8:14; Philippians 4:8; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 36 1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Corinthians 7:37
- 38 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:1–2; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Corinthians 7:32–34; 1 Corinthians 7:8
- 39 Romans 7:2–3; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 1 Corinthians 7:15; Malachi 2:11
- 40 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:25–26; 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 12:11
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