Gálatas 3
Biblia del Jubileo
3 ¶ ¡Oh gálatas insensatos! ¿Quién os hechizó, para no obedecer a la Verdad, ante cuyos ojos Jesús, el Cristo fue ya descrito como colgado en el madero entre vosotros?
2 Esto solo quiero saber de vosotros: ¿Recibisteis el Espíritu por las obras de la ley, o por el oído obediente de la fe?
3 ¿Tan locos sois? ¿Habiendo comenzado por el Espíritu, ahora os perfeccionáis por la carne?
4 ¿Tantas cosas habéis padecido en vano? Sí, pero en vano.
5 Aquel, pues, que os da el Espíritu, y obra las maravillas entre vosotros ¿lo hace por las obras de la ley, o por el oír obediente de la fe?
6 ¶ Como Abraham creyó a Dios, y le fue atribuido a justicia.
7 Así que conocéis que los que son por la fe, los tales son los hijos de Abraham.
8 Y viendo antes la Escritura que Dios por la fe había de justificar a los gentiles, evangelizó antes a Abraham, diciendo: Que todos los gentiles de la tierra serán benditos en ti.
9 Luego los de la fe son los benditos con el creyente Abraham.
10 Porque todos los que son de las obras de la ley, están bajo maldición. Porque escrito está: Maldito todo aquel que no permaneciere en todas las cosas que están escritas en el libro de la ley, para hacerlas.
11 Además por la ley ninguno se justifica para con Dios, queda manifiesto: Que el justo por la fe vivirá.
12 La ley tampoco es de la fe; sino: El hombre que hiciere los mandamientos, vivirá por ellos.
13 Cristo nos redimió de la maldición de la ley, hecho por nosotros maldición; (porque está escrito: Maldito cualquiera que es colgado en un madero),
14 para que la bendición de Abraham en los gentiles fuera en el Cristo Jesús; para que por la fe recibamos la promesa del Espíritu.
15 Hermanos, (hablo como hombre): Aunque un pacto sea de hombre, una vez ratificado, nadie lo cancela, ni le añade.
16 A Abraham fueron hechas las promesas, y a su simiente. No dice: Y a las simientes, como de muchos; sino como de uno: Y a tu simiente, la cual es Cristo.
17 Esto pues digo: Que el Pacto previamente ratificado de Dios para con el Cristo, la ley que fue hecha cuatrocientos treinta años después, no lo abroga, para invalidar la promesa.
18 Porque si la herencia es por la ley, ya no será por la promesa; pero Dios por la promesa la dio a Abraham.
19 ¶ ¿Pues de qué sirve la ley? Fue puesta por causa de las rebeliones, hasta que viniera la Simiente a quien fue hecha la promesa; y fue ordenada por los Angeles en la mano de un Mediador.
20 Y el Mediador no es de uno solo, pero Dios es uno.
21 ¿Luego la ley es contra las promesas de Dios? En ninguna manera; porque si alguna ley dada pudiera vivificar, la justicia fuera verdaderamente por la ley.
22 Mas encerró la Escritura todo bajo pecado, para que la promesa fuera dada a los creyentes por la fe de Jesús, el Cristo.
23 Pero antes que viniera la fe, estábamos guardados bajo la ley, encerrados para aquella fe que había de ser descubierta.
24 De manera que la ley fue ayo nuestro para llevarnos a Cristo, para que fuéramos justificados por la fe.
25 Mas venida la fe, ya no estamos bajo la mano del ayo;
26 porque todos sois hijos de Dios por la fe en Cristo Jesús.
27 Porque todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo estáis vestidos.
28 No hay aquí judío, ni griego; no hay esclavo, ni libre; no hay macho, ni hembra: porque todos vosotros sois uno en Cristo Jesús.
29 Y si vosotros sois de Cristo, ciertamente la Simiente de Abraham sois, y conforme a la promesa, los herederos.
Galatians 3
English Standard Version
By Faith, or by Works of the Law?
3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? (A)It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly (B)portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: (C)Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by (D)hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? (E)Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by[a] the flesh? 4 (F)Did you suffer[b] so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and (G)works miracles among you do so (H)by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— 6 just as (I)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
7 Know then that it is (J)those of faith who are (K)the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that (L)God would justify[c] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (M)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
10 For all who rely on works of the law are (N)under a curse; for it is written, (O)“Cursed be everyone who does not (P)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that (Q)no one is justified before God by the law, for (R)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[d] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (S)“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ (T)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (U)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (V)on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (W)come to the Gentiles, so that (X)we might receive (Y)the promised Spirit[e] through faith.
The Law and the Promise
15 (Z)To give a human example, brothers:[f] (AA)even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now (AB)the promises were made (AC)to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, (AD)“And to your offspring,” who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (AE)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (AF)to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but (AG)God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
19 Why then the law? (AH)It was added because of transgressions, (AI)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was (AJ)put in place through angels (AK)by an intermediary. 20 Now (AL)an intermediary implies more than one, but (AM)God is one.
21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For (AN)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture (AO)imprisoned everything under sin, so that (AP)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given (AQ)to those who believe.
23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, (AR)imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, (AS)the law was our (AT)guardian until Christ came, (AU)in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus (AV)you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as (AW)were baptized (AX)into Christ have (AY)put on Christ. 28 (AZ)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[g] nor free, (BA)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And (BB)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (BC)heirs according to promise.
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:3 Or now ending with
- Galatians 3:4 Or experience
- Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24
- Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
- Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit
- Galatians 3:15 Or brothers and sisters
- Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Gálatas 3
La Palabra (España)
II.— SALVADOS POR LA GRACIA Y LA FE (3—4)
Salvados por la fe
3 Gálatas, ¿cómo sois tan insensatos? ¿Quién os engatusó? ¡Y pensar que os puse ante los ojos a Jesucristo crucificado! 2 Decidme solamente una cosa: ¿en razón de qué recibisteis el Espíritu de Dios? ¿Por cumplir la ley o por haber aceptado la fe? 3 Vuestra insensatez no tiene límites. Si el Espíritu estuvo en el origen de vuestra fe, ¿vais a terminar confiando en lo humano? 4 ¡No puedo creer que tan magníficas experiencias hayan sido baldías! 5 Vamos a ver: cuando Dios os comunica el Espíritu y realiza prodigios entre vosotros, ¿lo hace porque sois cumplidores de la ley o porque habéis aceptado el mensaje de la fe?
6 Ahí tenéis el ejemplo de Abrahán: Creyó a Dios, y esto le valió que Dios le concediera su amistad. 7 Comprended de una vez que la verdadera descendencia de Abrahán son los creyentes. 8 Y la Escritura misma, previendo que Dios restablecería en su amistad a todas las naciones mediante la fe, anunció de antemano a Abrahán esta buena noticia: Todas las naciones serán bendecidas por medio de ti. 9 Así que todos los que creen serán bendecidos junto con el creyente Abrahán.
10 Por el contrario, cuantos viven pendientes de cumplir la ley están bajo el peso de una maldición. Así lo dice la Escritura: Maldito sea quien no cumpla constantemente todo lo escrito en el libro de la ley. 11 Y es evidente que, por cumplir la ley, nadie será restablecido por Dios en su amistad, ya que también dice la Escritura: Aquel a quien Dios restablece en su amistad por medio de la fe, alcanzará la vida. 12 Pero la ley no se nutre de la fe, sino que: quien cumpla estos preceptos, por ellos vivirá. 13 Fue Cristo quien nos libró de la maldición de la ley, haciéndose por nosotros maldito. Pues dice la Escritura: Maldito sea todo el que muera colgado de un madero. 14 La bendición de Abrahán alcanzará así, por medio de Cristo Jesús, a todas las naciones y nosotros recibiremos, mediante la fe, el Espíritu prometido.
La ley y la promesa
15 Hermanos, voy a explicarme con un ejemplo tomado de la vida humana. Incluso según las normas humanas, nadie puede anular o modificar un testamento legalmente otorgado. 16 Ahora bien, Dios hizo las promesas a Abrahán y a su descendencia. No se dice “y a tus descendientes”, como si fueran muchos, sino “y a tu descendencia”, refiriéndose a Cristo solamente. 17 Y digo yo: un pacto debidamente confirmado por Dios no lo puede invalidar una ley dada cuatrocientos treinta años más tarde, cancelando de ese modo lo que Dios había prometido. 18 Si la herencia dependiera del cumplimiento de la ley, ya no dependería de la promesa. Sin embargo, Dios otorgó su favor a Abrahán en forma de promesa.
19 Así las cosas, ¿qué sentido tiene la ley de Moisés? Se añadió con el fin de señalar lo que era pecado hasta el momento en que llegara Cristo, el descendiente prometido. La ley fue promulgada por medio de ángeles y Moisés actuó de intermediario; 20 pero el intermediario está de más cuando sólo entra en juego una persona, y Dios es uno solo. 21 Ley de Moisés y promesas divinas, ¿son, entonces, algo opuesto? ¡De ningún modo! Si se hubiese promulgado una ley capaz de dar vida, sí bastaría con cumplir esa ley para ser restablecidos en la amistad divina. 22 Pero la Escritura presenta al mundo entero dominado por el pecado, precisamente para que se conceda a los creyentes la promesa que Dios les hizo por medio de la fe en Jesucristo.
No esclavos, sino hijos
23 Antes de llegar a la fe éramos prisioneros de la ley, esperando encarcelados que se revelara la fe. 24 Así fue como la ley nos condujo hasta Cristo para que recibiéramos la salvación por medio de la fe. 25 Pero ahora, una vez que la fe ha llegado, ya no estamos bajo el dominio de ningún acompañante. 26 En efecto, todos vosotros, los que creéis en Cristo Jesús, sois hijos de Dios, 27 pues todos los que habéis sido bautizados en Cristo, de Cristo habéis sido revestidos. 28 Ya no hay distinción entre judío y no judío, ni entre esclavo y libre, ni entre varón y mujer. En Cristo Jesús, todos sois uno. 29 Y si sois de Cristo, también sois descendientes de Abrahán y herederos según la promesa.
Galatians 3
New International Version
Faith or Works of the Law
3 You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D) 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(E) by the works of the law,(F) or by believing what you heard?(G) 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] 4 Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(H) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(I) 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c](J)
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith(K) are children of Abraham.(L) 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d](M) 9 So those who rely on faith(N) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(O)
10 For all who rely on the works of the law(P) are under a curse,(Q) as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[e](R) 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God,(S) because “the righteous will live by faith.”[f](T) 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[g](U) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law(V) by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[h](W) 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,(X) so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.(Y)
The Law and the Promise
15 Brothers and sisters,(Z) let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(AA) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i](AB) meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years(AC) later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise;(AD) but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions(AE) until the Seed(AF) to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels(AG) and entrusted to a mediator.(AH) 20 A mediator,(AI) however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(AJ) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(AK) 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(AL) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Children of God
23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody(AM) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.(AN) 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came(AO) that we might be justified by faith.(AP) 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.(AQ)
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(AR) through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ(AS) have clothed yourselves with Christ.(AT) 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,(AU) nor is there male and female,(AV) for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(AW) 29 If you belong to Christ,(AX) then you are Abraham’s seed,(AY) and heirs(AZ) according to the promise.(BA)
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
- Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
- Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
- Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
- Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
- Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
- Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
- Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
- Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … 23 Before faith came
Galatians 3
King James Version
3 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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