2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and our brother Timothy: To the Church of God in Corinth, with all God's people throughout Greece.
Pablo, Apóstol de Jesucristo por la voluntad de Dios, y Timoteo nuestro hermano, a la iglesia de Dios que está en Corinto, con todos los santos que están en toda Acaya:
2 May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gracia y paz sea a ustedes de parte de Dios nuestro Padre y el Señor Jesucristo.
3 Heartfelt thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father who is full of compassion and the God who gives all comfort.
Alabado sea el Dios y Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, el Padre de las misericordias y el Dios de todo consuelo;
4 He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Quien nos da consuelo en todos nuestros problemas, para que podamos consolar a otros que están en problemas, a través del consuelo que Dios nos consuela.
5 For just as we have more than our share of suffering for the Christ, so also through the Christ we have more than our share of comfort.
Porque a medida que sufrimos más del dolor que Cristo sufrió, a través de Cristo nuestro consuelo se hace más grande.
6 But if, on the one hand, we are enduring affliction, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if, on the other hand, we are receiving comfort, it is for your comfort which is produced within you through your patient fortitude under the same sufferings as those which we also are enduring.
Pero si somos afligidos, es para su consuelo y salvación; o si nos consuela, es para que ustedes también tengan consuelo y salvación y puedan soportar con fortaleza los mismos sufrimientos que también nosotros experimentamos.
7 And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.
Y nuestra esperanza por ustedes es firme; sabiendo que al ser copartícipes de los sufrimientos, también lo serán en la consolación que viene de Dios.
8 For as for our troubles which came upon us in the province of Asia, we would have you know, brethren, that we were exceedingly weighed down, and felt overwhelmed, so that we renounced all hope even of life.
Porque es nuestro deseo, hermanos, que no ignoren las tribulaciones que tuvimos en Asia, fue una prueba tan grande, que ya no podíamos resistir más, hasta perdimos la esperanza de salir con vida:
9 Nay, we had, as we still have, the sentence of death within our own selves, in order that our confidence may repose, not on ourselves, but on God who raised the dead to life.
nos sentíamos como sentenciados a muerte, él propósito de esto, para no poner nuestra esperanza en nosotros mismos, sino en Dios que puede dar vida a los muertos:
10 He it is who rescued us from so imminent a death, and will do so again; and we have a firm hope in Him that He will also rescue us in all the future,
Quien nos libró y de una muerte tan grande y nos librará, y en quién hemos puesto nuestra esperanza que nos seguirá librando;
11 while you on your part lend us your aid in entreaty for us, so that from many lips thanksgivings may rise on our behalf for the boon granted to us at the intercession of many.
Ustedes, al mismo tiempo, colaborando con su oración por nosotros; si muchos oran por nosotros, la alabanza de agradecimiento por muchas personas de nuestra parte darán a Dios por todas las bendiciones concedidas a favor nuestro.
12 For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.
Porque nuestra gloria es está: el testimonio de nuestra conciencia, que en sencillez y sinceridad santa, nos hemos conducido en el mundo y sobre todo en relación con ustedes; no en la sabiduría de la carne, sino en la gracia de Dios nos ha ayudado a vivir así.
13 For we are writing to you nothing different from what we have written before, or from what indeed you already recognize as truth and will, I trust, recognize as such to the very end;
Porque en nuestras cartas no les escribimos cosas distintas de lo que puedan leer o entender, espero que lleguen a entender perfectamente hasta el final:
14 just as some few of you have recognized us as your reason for boasting, even as you will be ours, on the day of Jesus our Lord.
Como ya lo han entendido en parte, para decir que somos su gloria; la razón de su gozo, de la misma manera que son nuestra gloria en el día del Señor Jesús.
15 It was because I entertained this confidence that I intended to visit you before going elsewhere--so that you might receive a twofold proof of God's favour--
Con esta confianza, ya había pensado venir a ustedes antes, para que puedan tener una doble bendición espiritual;
16 and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward by you to Judaea.
pensaba visitarlos primeramente al pasar camino a Macedonia, y después, al regresar, visitarlos otra vez; así ustedes podrían ayudarme a seguir mi viaje a Judea.
17 Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles, now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"?
Si entonces tenía ese propósito, ¿parecía estar cambiando de repente? ¿o soy guiado en mis propósitos por la carne, diciendo: sí, hoy y no, de acuerdo a impulsos humanos?
18 As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."
Dios es testigo, nuestra palabra para ustedes no es Sí y No al mismo tiempo.
19 For Jesus Christ the Son of God--He who was proclaimed among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself--did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No." But it was and always is "Yes" with Him.
Porque el Hijo de Dios, Jesucristo, a quien estábamos predicando entre ustedes, yo y Silvano y Timoteo, no era Sí y No, sino que ha sido Si en él;
20 For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen" acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God through our faith.
Porque todas las promesas de Dios son Sí, y en Jesucristo Amén, para la gloria de Dios por medio de nosotros.
21 But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,
Y el que hace fuerte nuestra fe juntamente con ustedes en Cristo, y nos ha dado de su unción, es Dios;
22 and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing.
Y es él quien nos ha sellado, y nos dio el Espíritu, como garantía en nuestros corazones de lo que vamos a recibir, la gloria venidera.
23 But as for me, as my soul shall answer for it, I appeal to God as my witness, that it was to spare you pain that I gave up my visit to Corinth.
Pero Dios es mi testigo de que fue una pena para ustedes que no haya venido a Corinto en ese momento.
24 Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith--we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter of your faith you are standing firm.
No es que tengamos autoridad sobre su fe, sino que queremos colaborar con ustedes, para que se gocen; porque por la fe están firmes.
