Galatians 2
1 Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
Más tarde, transcurridos catorce años, subí otra vez a Jerusalén, con Bernabé, y llevando conmigo a Tito.
2 I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
Mas subí a raíz de una revelación, y les expuse, pero privadamente a los más autorizados, el Evangelio que predico entre los gentiles, por no correr quizá o haber corrido en vano.
3 But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Pero ni siquiera Tito, que estaba conmigo, con ser griego, fue obligado a circuncidarse,
4 This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
a pesar de los falsos hermanos intrusos, que se habían infiltrado furtivamente, para espiar la libertad que nosotros tenemos en Cristo Jesús, a fin de reducirnos a servidumbre.
5 to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
Mas queriendo que la verdad del Evangelio permanezca para vosotros, no cedimos, ni por un instante nos sujetamos a ellos.
6 But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God does not show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
Y en cuanto a aquellos que significaban algo —lo que hayan sido anteriormente nada me importa, Dios no acepta cara de hombre— a mí esos que eran reputados, nada me añadieron;
7 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—
sino al contrario, viendo que a mí me había sido encomendado el evangelizar a los incircuncisos, así como a Pedro la evangelización de los circuncisos
8 for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—
— pues el que dio fuerza a Pedro para el apostolado de los circuncisos, me la dio también a mí para el apostolado de los gentiles—,
9 and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
y reconociendo la gracia que me fue dada, Santiago, Cefas y Juan, que eran reputados como columnas, dieron a mí y a Bernabé la mano en señal de comunión, para que nosotros fuésemos a los gentiles, y ellos a los circuncisos,
10 They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
con tal que nos acordásemos de los pobres, lo mismo que yo también procuré hacer celosamente.
11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
Mas cuando Cefas vino a Antioquía le resistí cara a cara, por ser digno, de reprensión.
12 For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
Pues él, antes que viniesen ciertos hombres de parte de Santiago, comía con los gentiles; mas cuando llegaron aquellos se retraía y se apartaba, por temor a los que eran de la circuncisión.
13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
Y los otros judíos incurrieron con él en la misma hipocresía, tanto que hasta Bernabé se dejó arrastrar por la simulación de ellos.
14 But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
Mas cuando yo vi que no andaban rectamente, conforme a la verdad del Evangelio, dije a Cefas en presencia de todos: “Si tú, siendo judío, vives como los gentiles, y no como los judíos, ¿cómo obligas a los gentiles a judaizar?
15 “We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,
Nosotros somos judíos de nacimiento, y no pecadores procedentes de la gentilidad;
16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
mas, sabiendo que el hombre es justificado, no por obras de la Ley, sino por la fe en Jesucristo, nosotros mismos hemos creído en Cristo Jesús, para ser justificados por la fe en Cristo, y no por las obras de la Ley; puesto que por las obras de la Ley no será justificado mortal alguno.
17 But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
Y si nosotros, queriendo ser justificados en Cristo, hemos sido hallados todavía pecadores ¿entonces Cristo es ministro de pecado? De ninguna manera.
18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
En cambio, si yo edifico de nuevo lo que había destruido, me presento a mí mismo como transgresor.
19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
Porque yo, por la Ley, morí a la Ley a fin de vivir para Dios. Con Cristo he sido crucificado,
20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
y ya no vivo yo, sino que en mí vive Cristo. Y si ahora vivo en carne, vivo por la fe en el Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó y se entregó por mí.
21 I do not reject the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!”
No inutilizo la gracia de Dios. Porque si por la Ley se alcanza la justicia, entonces Cristo murió en vano”.
