1 Corintios 1

1 Pablo, llamado a ser apóstol de Jesucristo por la voluntad de Dios, y el hermano Sóstenes,

I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.

2 A la iglesia de Dios que está en Corinto, a los que han sido santificados en Cristo Jesús, los santos por la elección de Dios, con todos aquellos que en todo lugar donde invocan el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, su Señor y el nuestro:

[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.

3 Gracia a ustedes y paz de parte de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo.

We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.

4 Doy gracias a mi Dios por ustedes en todo momento, por la gracia de Dios que les fue dada en Cristo Jesús;

I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.

5 Para que en él tengan riqueza en todas las cosas, en palabra y en conocimiento de todo tipo;

That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.

6 Así como el testimonio de Cristo se confirmó en ustedes:

In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.

7 Para que de esta manera no les falte ningún don, vivan en la esperanza de la revelación de nuestro Señor Jesucristo;

As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].

8 Dios los mantendrá firmes hasta el fin, para ser libre de todo pecado en el día de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].

9 Dios es fiel, por el cual fueron llamados a la comunión con su Hijo, Jesucristo nuestro Señor.

You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.

10 Ahora les ruego, mis hermanos, en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, que todos ustedes digan lo mismo, y que no haya divisiones entre ustedes, para que puedan estar completamente de acuerdo, en una misma mente y en una misma opinión.

My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.

11 Porque he llegado a mi conocimiento, por medio de los de la casa de Cloé, que hay divisiones entre ustedes, mis hermanos.

My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.

12 Es decir, que algunos de ustedes dicen: soy de Pablo; algunos dicen: soy de Apolos; algunos dicen: soy de Cefas; y yo de Cristo.

That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”

13 ¿Está Cristo dividido? fue Pablo clavado en la cruz por ti? o fueron bautizados en el nombre de Pablo?

[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]

14 Doy gracias a Dios porque ninguno de ustedes recibió el bautismo de mí, sino Crispo y Gayo;

I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.

15 Para que nadie pueda decir que ha tenido el bautismo en mi nombre.

As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”

16 Y di el bautismo a la casa de Estéfanas; pero no estoy seguro de que otros hayan tenido el bautismo de mi parte.

[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].

17 Porque Cristo me envió, no para dar el bautismo, sino para predicar las buenas nuevas; no con alardes de sabiduría, para no quitarle valor a la muerte de Cristo en la cruz.

Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.

18 Porque él mensaje de la cruz parece insensata para los que están en el camino de la destrucción; pero para nosotros que estamos en el camino de la salvación, es el poder de Dios.

Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].

19 Como dice en las Sagradas Escrituras, pondré fin a la sabiduría de los sabios, y desecharé el entendimiento de los entendidos.

[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.

20 ¿Dónde está el sabio? ¿Dónde está él escriba? ¿Dónde está el hombre de este mundo que tiene amor por la discusión? ¿No ha enloquecido Dios la sabiduría de este mundo? (aiōn g165)

So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)

21 Porque, Dios, en su sabiduría, dispuso que los que son del mundo, no le conocieran por medio de la sabiduría humana, agradó a Dios, salvar a los creyentes por la locura de la predicación.

God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.

22 Viendo que los judíos piden señales, y los griegos buscan sabiduría.

The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.

23 Pero predicamos él Cristo crucificado, un tropezadero para judíos, y una necedad para los gentiles;

As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.

24 Pero para los llamados de Dios, así como judíos y griegos, Cristo es el poder y la sabiduría de Dios.

But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.

25 Porque lo que parece insensato en Dios es más sabio que los hombres; y lo que parece débil en Dios es más fuerte que los hombres.

[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.

26 Hermanos consideren su llamado, pues Dios los ha llamado a pesar de que pocos de ustedes son sabios, según los criterios humanos, y pocos de ustedes son gente de autoridad o perteneciente a familias importantes.

My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.

27 Sino que lo necio del mundo escogió Dios, para avergonzar a los sabios; y las cosas débiles para avergonzar a los fuertes;

Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.

28 Dios ha escogido lo vil del mundo, y los menospreciados, sí, incluso los que no son nada, para anular los que son algo.

It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].

29 Para que nadie se jacte delante de Dios.

[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.

30 Pero Dios les ha dado un lugar en Cristo Jesús, por medio del cual Dios nos ha dado sabiduría, justificación, salvación, y nos ha santificado.

It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].

31 Para que, como está dicho en las Sagradas Escrituras, Quien tiene un deseo de gloria, su gloria sea en el Señor.

So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].