1 Corinthians 15
1 Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
Os recuerdo, hermanos, el Evangelio que os prediqué y que aceptasteis, y en el cual perseveráis,
2 If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
y por el cual os salváis, si lo retenéis en los términos que os lo anuncié, a menos que hayáis creído en vano.
3 The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
Porque os trasmití ante todo lo que yo mismo recibí: que Cristo murió por nuestros pecados, conforme a las Escrituras;
4 His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
y que fue sepultado; y que fue resucitado al tercer día, conforme a las Escrituras;
5 After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
y que se apareció a Cefas, y después a los Doce.
6 Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
Luego fue visto por más de quinientos hermanos a la vez, de los cuales la mayor parte viven hasta ahora; mas algunos murieron ya.
7 Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
Posteriormente se apareció a Santiago, y luego a todos los, apóstoles.
8 Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
Y al último de todos, como al abortivo, se me apareció también a mí.
9 The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
Porque yo soy el ínfimo de los apóstoles, que no soy digno de ser llamado apóstol, pues perseguí a la Iglesia de Dios.
10 But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
Mas por la gracia de Dios soy lo que soy, y su gracia que me dio no resultó estéril, antes bien he trabajado más copiosamente que todos ellos; bien que no yo, sino la gracia de Dios conmigo.
11 So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
Sea, pues, yo, o sean ellos, así predicamos, y así creísteis.
12 So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
Ahora bien, si se predica a Cristo como resucitado de entre los muertos ¿cómo es que algunos dicen entre vosotros que no hay resurrección de muertos?
13 If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
Si es así que no hay resurrección de muertos, tampoco ha resucitado Cristo.
14 And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
Y si Cristo no ha resucitado, vana es nuestra predicación, vana también vuestra fe.
15 [If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
Y entonces somos también hallados falsos testigos de Dios, por cuanto atestiguamos contrariamente a Dios que Él resucitó a Cristo, a quien no resucitó, si es así que los muertos no resucitan.
16 But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
Porque si los muertos no resucitan, tampoco ha resucitado Cristo;
17 If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
y si Cristo no resucitó, vana es vuestra fe; aún estáis en vuestros pecados.
18 And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
Por consiguiente, también los que ya murieron en Cristo, se perdieron.
19 In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
Si solamente para esta vida tenemos esperanza en Cristo, somos los más miserables de todos los hombres.
20 But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
Mas ahora Cristo ha resucitado de entre los muertos, primicia de los que durmieron.
21 What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
Puesto que por un hombre vino la muerte, por un hombre viene también la resurrección de los muertos.
22 Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
Porque como en Adán todos mueren, así también en Cristo todos serán vivificados.
23 But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
Pero cada uno por su orden: como primicia Cristo; luego los de Cristo en su Parusía;
24 Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
después el fin, cuando Él entregue el reino al Dios y Padre, cuando haya derribado todo principado y toda potestad y todo poder.
25 You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
Porque es necesario que Él reine “hasta que ponga a todos los enemigos bajo sus pies”.
26 The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
El último enemigo destruido será la muerte.
27 [In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
Porque “todas las cosas las sometió bajo sus pies”. Mas cuando dice que todas las cosas están sometidas, claro es que queda exceptuado Aquel que se las sometió todas a Él.
28 After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
Y cuando le hayan sido sometidas todas las cosas, entonces el mismo Hijo también se someterá al que le sometió todas las cosas, para que Dios sea todo en todo.
29 [Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
De no ser así ¿qué hacen los que se bautizan por los muertos? Si los muertos de ninguna manera resucitan ¿por qué pues se bautizan por ellos?
30 Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
¿Y por qué nosotros mismos nos exponemos a peligros a toda hora?
31 My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
En cuanto a mí, cada día me expongo a la muerte, y os aseguro, hermanos, que es por la gloria que a causa de vosotros tengo en Cristo Jesús, Señor nuestro.
32 [If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
Si por, solos motivos humanos luché yo con las fieras en Éfeso ¿de qué me sirve? Si los muertos no resucitan “¡comamos y bebamos! que mañana morimos”.
33 Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
Mas no os dejéis seducir: malas compañías corrompen buenas costumbres.
34 Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
Reaccionad con rectitud y no pequéis; porque —lo digo para vergüenza vuestra— a algunos les falta conocimiento de Dios.
35 But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
Pero alguien dirá: ¿Cómo resucitan los muertos? y ¿con qué cuerpo vienen?
36 [Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
¡Oh ignorante! Lo que tú siembras no es vivificado si no muere.
37 A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
Y lo que siembras no es el cuerpo que ha de ser, sino un simple grano, como por ejemplo de trigo, o algún otro.
38 God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
Mas Dios le da un cuerpo, así como Él quiso, y a cada semilla cuerpo propio.
39 [Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
No toda carne es la misma carne, sino que una es de hombres, otra de ganados, otra de volátiles y otra de peces.
40 Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
Hay también cuerpos celestes y cuerpos terrestres; pero, uno es el esplendor de los celestes, y otro el de los terrestres.
41 The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
Uno es el esplendor del sol, otro el esplendor de la luna, y otro el esplendor de las estrellas; pues en esplendor se diferencia estrella de estrella.
42 And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
Así sucede también en la resurrección de los muertos. Sembrado corruptible, es resucitado incorruptible;
43 We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
sembrado en ignominia, resucita en gloria; sembrado en debilidad, resucita en poder;
44 The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
sembrado cuerpo natural, resucita cuerpo espiritual; pues si hay cuerpo natural, lo hay también espiritual;
45 [In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
como está escrito: “El primer hombre, Adán, fue hecho alma viviente”, el postrer Adán, espíritu vivificante.
46 But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
Mas no fue antes lo espiritual, sino lo natural, y después lo espiritual.
47 The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
El primer hombre, hecho de tierra, es terrenal; el segundo hombre viene del cielo.
48 Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
Cual es el terrenal, tales son los terrenales; y cual el celestial, tales serán los celestiales.
49 And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
Y así como hemos llevado la imagen del hombre terrenal, llevaremos la imagen del celestial.
50 My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
Lo que digo, hermanos, es, pues, esto: que la carne y la sangre no pueden heredar el reino de Dios, ni la corrupción puede poseer la incorruptibilidad.
51 But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
He aquí que os digo un misterio: No todos moriremos, pero todos seremos transformados
52 [It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
en un momento, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, a la trompeta final; porque sonará la trompeta y los muertos serán resucitados incorruptibles, y nosotros seremos transformados.
53 And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
Pues es necesario que esto corruptible se vista de incorruptibilidad, y esto mortal se vista de inmortalidad.
54 When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Cuando esto corruptible se haya vestido de incorruptibilidad, y esto mortal se haya vestido de inmortalidad, entonces se cumplirá la palabra que está escrita: “La muerte es engullida en la victoria.
¿Dónde quedó, oh muerte, tu victoria? ¿dónde, oh muerte, tu aguijón?” (Hadēs g86)
56 It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
El aguijón de la muerte es el pecado, y la fuerza del pecado es la Ley.
57 But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
¡Gracias sean dadas a Dios que nos da la victoria por nuestro Señor Jesucristo!
58 So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
Así que, amados hermanos míos, estad firmes, inconmovibles, abundando siempre en la obra del Señor, sabiendo que vuestra fatiga no es vana en el Señor.
