Galatians 2
1 Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
DESPUES, pasados catorce años, fuí otra vez á Jerusalem juntamente con Bernabé, tomando tambien conmigo á Tito.
2 I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
Empero fuí por revelacion, y comuniquéles el Evangelio que predico entre los Gentiles; mas particularmente á los que parecian ser algo, por no correr en vano, ó haber corrido.
3 Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Mas ni aun Tito, que estaba conmigo, siendo Griego, fué compelido á circuncidarse:
4 This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
Y [eso] por causa de los falsos hermanos, que se entraban secretamente para espiar nuestra libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesus, para ponernos en servidumbre;
5 We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
A los cuales ni aun por una hora cedimos sujetándonos, para que la verdad del Evangelio permaneciese con vosotros.
6 But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism —those leaders added nothing to me.
Empero de aquellos que parecian ser algo, (cuales hayan sido algun tiempo, no tengo que ver; Dios no acepta apariencia de hombre; ) á mí ciertamente los que parecian [ser] algo, nada me dieron.
7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
Antes por el contrario, como vieron que el Evangelio de la incircuncision me era encargado, como á Pedro el de la circuncision,
8 For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
(Porque el que hizo por Pedro para el apostolado de la circuncision, hizo tambien por mí para con los Gentiles.)
9 And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Y como vieron la gracia que me era dada, Jacobo, y Cephas, y Juan, que parecian ser las columnas, nos dieron las diestras de compañía á mí y á Bernabé, para que nosotros [predicásemos] á los Gentiles, y ellos á la circuncision.
10 They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Solamente [nos pidieron] que nos acordásemos de los pobres; lo mismo que fuí tambien solícito en hacer.
11 When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
Empero viniendo Pedro á Antioquia, le resistí en la cara, porque era de condenar.
12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
Porque ántes que viniesen unos [de parte] de Jacobo, comia con los Gentiles; mas despues que vinieron, se retraia y apartaba teniendo miedo de los que eran de la circuncision.
13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
Y á su disimulacion consentian tambien los otros Judíos; de tal manera que aun Bernabé fué tambien llevado [de ellos] en su simulacion.
14 When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Mas cuando ví que no andaban derechamente conforme á la verdad del Evangelio, dije á Pedro delante de todos: Si tú, siendo Judío, vives como los Gentiles y no como Judío, ¿por qué constriñes á los Gentiles á judaizar?
15 We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Nosotros Judíos naturales, y no pecadores de los Gentiles,
16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Sabiendo que el hombre no es justificado por las obras de la ley, sino por la fé de Jesu-Cristo, nosotros tambien hemos creido en Jesu-Cristo, para que fuésemos justificados por la fé de Cristo, y no por las obras de la ley; por cuanto por las obras de la
17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Y si buscando nosotros ser justificados en Cristo, tambien nosotros somos hallados pecadores, ¿[es] por eso Cristo ministro de pecado? En ninguna manera.
18 If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
Porque si las cosas que destruí, las mismas vuelvo á edificar, transgresor me hago.
19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
Porque yo por la ley soy muerto á la ley, para vivir á Dios.
20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Con Cristo estoy juntamente crucificado, y vivo; no ya yo, mas vive Cristo en mí; y lo que ahora vivo en la carne, [lo] vivo en la fé del Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó, y se entrego á sí mismo por mí.
21 I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
No desecho la gracia de Dios. Porque si por la ley fuese la justicia, entónces por demás murió Cristo.
