1 Corintios 7

1 Con respecto a las cosas de las cuales ustedes me escribieron, bueno es para un hombre no tocar mujer.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Pero por causa de las inmoralidades sexuales, cada uno tenga su propia esposa, y cada una su propio esposo.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

3 El esposo y la esposa cumplan su deber conyugal.

Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

4 La esposa no tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino el esposo. Del mismo modo el esposo tampoco tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino la esposa.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

5 No se nieguen el uno al otro, excepto por mutuo acuerdo durante un tiempo para que [lo] dediquen a hablar con Dios. Luego vuelvan a unirse, a fin de que Satanás no los tiente a causa de su falta de dominio propio.

Do not deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to prayer, and may be together again, that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 Esto digo como una concesión, no como un mandamiento.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

7 Más bien quiero que todos los hombres sean como yo, pero cada uno tiene su propia dotación de Dios, uno de un modo, y otro de otro.

Yet I wish that all people were like me. However each one has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

8 Digo, pues, a los solteros y a las viudas: Bueno es para ellos si permanecen como yo.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

9 Pero si no tienen dominio propio, cásense, porque es mejor casarse que quemarse.

But if they do not have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.

10 El Señor ordena a los casados, no yo: A [la] esposa, que no se separe de su esposo.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

11 Y si se separa, que permanezca sin casarse, o se reconcilie con su esposo. [Y al] esposo, que no se divorcie de su esposa.

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12 Yo digo a los demás, no el Señor: Si algún hermano tiene esposa no creyente en Cristo y ella consiente en vivir con él, no se divorcie.

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.

13 Si alguna esposa tiene esposo no creyente en Cristo, y él consiente en vivir con ella, no se divorcie.

The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

14 Porque el esposo no creyente es santificado por la esposa, y la esposa no creyente por su esposo. Pues de otra manera, sus hijos son impuros, pero de esta manera son santos.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

15 No obstante, si el no creyente se separa, que se separe, pues en estos casos, no está sujeto a servidumbre el hermano o la hermana. Dios los llamó a paz.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called you to peace.

16 Porque ¿cómo sabes, esposa, si salvarás al esposo? ¿O cómo sabes, esposo, si salvarás a la esposa?

For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 Pero, cada uno haga como el Señor le asignó y como Dios lo llamó. Esto ordeno en todas las iglesias.

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the churches.

18 ¿Fue llamado algún circuncidado? Quédese circuncidado. ¿Fue llamado alguno no circuncidado? No se circuncide.

Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

19 Ni la circuncisión ni la incircuncisión sirven para algo. Lo que vale es la obediencia a los Mandamientos de Dios.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

20 Cada uno permanezca en la condición en la cual fue llamado.

Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.

21 ¿Fuiste llamado esclavo? No te preocupes. Pero si puedes ser libre, más bien aprovecha.

Were you called being a slave? Do not let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

22 Porque el esclavo llamado por [el] Señor es liberto del Señor. Asimismo el que es llamado libre es esclavo de Cristo.

For he who was called in the Lord being a slave is the Lord's free person. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's slave.

23 Por precio fueron comprados. No sean esclavos de hombres.

You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people.

24 Hermanos, cada uno permanezca ante Dios en el estado en el cual fue llamado.

Brothers, let each one, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

25 Acerca de las vírgenes, no tengo un Mandamiento del Señor, pero doy opinión como uno que logró misericordia de Él para ser digno de confianza.

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

26 Considero, pues, que esto es bueno a causa del tiempo presente: Es bueno para un hombre quedarse como está.

I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a person to remain as he is.

27 ¿Estás unido en matrimonio? No busques un divorcio. ¿Estás sin esposa? No busques esposa.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

28 Pero si te casas no pecas. Si la virgen se casa, no peca, pero ellos tendrán aflicción en el cuerpo, y yo se la quiero evitar.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

29 Por lo demás, hermanos, nos queda poco tiempo para que los que tienen esposa sean como los que no tienen,

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, those who have wives should be as though they had none;

30 los que lloran como los que no lloran, los que gozan como los que no gozan, los que compran como los que nada tienen,

and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

31 y los que se aprovechan del mundo como los que no son absorbidos [por él], porque la apariencia de este mundo pasa.

and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the form of this world is passing away.

32 Quiero, pues, que ustedes estén libres de preocupación. El soltero se preocupa por las cosas del Señor, cómo agradarlo.

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

33 Pero el casado se preocupa por las cosas del mundo, cómo agradar a su esposa,

but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

34 y está dividido. La mujer no casada y la virgen tienen preocupación por las cosas del Señor, para ser santas en el cuerpo y en el espíritu. Pero la casada tiene preocupación por las cosas del mundo, cómo agradar al esposo.

and is divided. And the woman that is unmarried, or a virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the one that is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

35 Esto digo para su propio beneficio, no para imponerles restricción, sino a fin de que tengan orden y constante devoción al Señor sin distracción.

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

36 Pero si alguno piensa que está actuando indecentemente con su virgen, cuando esté pasada de su edad núbil, y si es necesario que sea así, que haga lo que desea. No peca. Que se case.

But if anyone thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He does not sin. Let them marry.

37 Pero el que está firme en su corazón y no tiene necesidad, tiene autoridad con respecto a su propia voluntad y decidió en el corazón guardar la suya virgen, bien hará.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

38 Así que el que se casa con su virgen hace bien. El que no se casa hace mejor.

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage does better.

39 La esposa está atada a su esposo durante toda la vida. Pero si muere el esposo, ella es libre para casarse con el que quiera, con tal [que sea] en el Señor.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

40 Pero según mi parecer, es más dichosa si permanece viuda. Y pienso que yo también tengo el Espíritu de Dios.

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.