Efesios 2
1 En un tiempo ustedes estaban muertos en sus pecados y maldad,
To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,
2 viviendo según los caminos del mundo, bajo el dominio del diablo, cuyo espíritu trabaja en aquellos que desobedecen a Dios. (aiōn g165)
which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life. (aiōn g165)
3 Todos una vez fuimos así, y nuestra conducta estaba determinada por los deseos de nuestra naturaleza humana pecaminosa y nuestros malos pensamientos. Como todos los demás, en nuestra naturaleza éramos hijos de la ira.
Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
4 Pero Dios, en su gran misericordia, por el maravilloso amor que tuvo por nosotros
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,
5 incluso cuando estábamos muertos en nuestros pecados, nos ha resucitado junto a Cristo. ¡Creer en él los ha salvado!
caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--
6 Él levantó a Cristo, y en Cristo Jesús nos sentó con él en el cielo,
raised us with Him from the dead, and enthroned us with Him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus,
7 para demostrar por toda la eternidad el enorme alcance de su gracia, al mostrarnos su bondad a través de Cristo Jesús. (aiōn g165)
in order that, by His goodness to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace. (aiōn g165)
8 Porque ustedes han sido salvos por gracia, por la fe en él, y esto no por ustedes mismos, ¡es el regalo de Dios!
For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--
9 La salvación no depende del esfuerzo humano, así que no se enorgullezcan.
so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.
10 Somos el resultado de la obra de Dios, creados en Cristo para hacer el bien que Dios ya planeó para nosotros.
For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.
11 Así que ustedes, que son “extranjeros” humanamente hablando, llamados “incircuncisos” por los que son “circuncisos” (que es apenas un procedimiento realizado por seres humanos), necesitan recordar
Therefore, do not forget that formerly you were Gentiles as to your bodily condition. You were called the Uncircumcision by those who style themselves the Circumcised--their circumcision being one which the knife has effected.
12 que una vez no tenían relación con Cristo. Ustedes estaban excluidos como extranjeros de ser ciudadanos de Israel, extraños respecto al pacto que Dios había prometido. No tenían esperanza y vivían en el mundo sin Dios.
At that time you were living apart from Christ, estranged from the Commonwealth of Israel, with no share by birth in the Covenants which are based on the Promises, and you had no hope and no God, in all the world.
13 Pero ahora, En Cristo Jesús, ustedes que una vez estaban lejos, han sido acercados por la sangre de Cristo.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were so far away have been brought near through the death of Christ.
14 Cristo es nuestra paz. Por su cuerpo él convirtió dos en uno solo, y rompió el muro de hostilidad que nos dividía,
For He is our peace--He who has made Jews and Gentiles one, and in His own human nature has broken down the hostile dividing wall,
15 liberándonos de la ley con sus requisitos y normas. Él lo hizo para crear en sí mismo a una nueva persona a partir de los dos y lograr la paz,
by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,
16 y así reconciliarlos por completo con Dios a través de la cruz como si fueran un solo cuerpo, habiendo destruido nuestra hostilidad unos por otros.
thus effecting peace, and to reconcile Jews and Gentiles in one body to God, by means of His cross--slaying by it their mutual enmity.
17 Él vino y compartió la buena noticia de paz con los que estaban lejos y con los que estaban cerca,
So He came and proclaimed good news of peace to you who were so far away, and peace to those who were near;
18 porque por él ambos podemos tener acceso al Padre, por medio del mismo Espíritu.
because it is through Him that Jews and Gentiles alike have access through one Spirit to the Father.
19 Esto significa que ya ustedes no son extranjeros, sino conciudadanos del pueblo de Dios y pertenecen a la familia de Dios
You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.
20 que está siendo edificada sobre el fundamento de los apóstoles y profetas, del cual Cristo es la piedra angular.
You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,
21 En él toda la edificación está unida, creciendo para formar un santo Templo para el Señor.
in union with whom the whole fabric, fitted and closely joined together, is growing so as to form a holy sanctuary in the Lord;
22 Ustedes también están siendo edificados en él como un lugar para que habite Dios por el Espíritu.
in whom you also are being built up together to become a fixed abode for God through the Spirit.
