2 Corinthians 10
1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
EMPERO, yo Pablo os ruego por la mansedumbre y modestia de Cristo ([yo] que presente ciertamente [soy] bajo entre vosotros; mas ausente soy confiado con vosotros: )
2 I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
Ruego, pues, que cuando estuviere presente, no tenga que ser atrevido con la confianza con que estoy en animo de ser resuelto para con algunos, que nos tienen como si anduviésemos segun la carne.
3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
Pues aunque andamos en la carne, no militamos segun la carne:
4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Porque las armas de nuestra milicia no [son] carnales; sino poderosas en Dios para la destruccion de fortalezas;
5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Destruyendo consejos, y toda altura que se levanta contra la ciencia de Dios, y cautivando todo intento á la obediencia de Cristo;
6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
Y estando prestos para castigar toda desobediencia, cuando vuestra obediencia fuere cumplida.
7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
¿Mirais las cosas segun la apariencia? Si alguno está confiado en sí mismo que es de Cristo, esto tambien piense por sí mismo, que como él [es] de Cristo, así tambien nosotros [somos] de Cristo.
8 For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
Porque aunque me gloríe aun un poco de nuestra potestad, (la cual el Señor nos dió para edificacion, y no para vuestra destruccion, ) no me avergonzaré.
9 I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
[Dígolo] porque no parezca como que os [quiero] espantar por cartas.
10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
Porque á la verdad, dicen, las cartas [son] graves y fuertes; mas la presencia corporal flaca, y la palabra menospreciable.
11 Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
Esto piense el tal, que cuales somos en la palabra por cartas, estando ausentes, tales [serémos] tambien en hechos, estando presentes.
12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
Porque no osamos entremeternos ó compararnos con algunos que se alaban á sí mismos: mas [ellos, ] midiéndose á sí mismos por sí mismos, y comparándose consigo mismos, no son juiciosos.
13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
Nosotros empero no nos gloriarémos fuera de [nuestra] medida, sino conforme á la medida de la regla, de la medida que Dios nos repartió, para llegar aun hasta vosotros.
14 We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
Porque no nos extendemos sobre [nuestra medida, ] como si no llegásemos hasta vosotros; porque tambien hasta vosotros hemos llegado en el Evangelio de Cristo:
15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
No gloriándonos fuera de [nuestra] medida en trabajos ajenos; mas teniendo esperanza del crecimiento de vuestra fé, que serémos muy engrandecidos entre vosotros conforme á nuestra regla,
16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.
Y que anunciarémos el Evangelio en los [lugares] más allá de vosotros, sin [entrar en] la medida de otro para gloriarnos en lo que [ya] estaba aparejado.
17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Mas el que se gloría, gloríese en el Señor.
18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Porque no el que se alaba á sí mismo, el tal es aprobado; mas aquel á quien Dios alaba.
