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Gálatas 5
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Gálatas 5
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Libertad en Cristo
5 Por lo tanto, Cristo en verdad nos ha liberado. Ahora asegúrense de permanecer libres y no se esclavicen de nuevo a la ley.
2 ¡Presten atención! Yo, Pablo, les digo lo siguiente: si dependen de la circuncisión para hacerse justos ante Dios, entonces Cristo no les servirá de nada. 3 Lo repito: si pretenden lograr el favor de Dios mediante la circuncisión, entonces están obligados a obedecer cada una de las ordenanzas de la ley de Moisés. 4 Pues, si ustedes pretenden hacerse justos ante Dios por cumplir la ley, ¡han quedado separados de Cristo! Han caído de la gracia de Dios.
5 Sin embargo, los que vivimos por el Espíritu esperamos con anhelo recibir por la fe la justicia que Dios nos ha prometido. 6 Pues, una vez que depositamos nuestra fe en Cristo Jesús, de nada sirve estar o no circuncidado. Lo importante es la fe que se expresa por medio del amor.
7 Ustedes corrían muy bien la carrera. ¿Quién les impidió seguir la verdad? 8 Seguro que no fue Dios, porque él es quien los llamó a ser libres. 9 ¡Esa falsa enseñanza es como un poquito de levadura que impregna toda la masa! 10 Confío en que el Señor los guardará de creer falsas enseñanzas. Dios juzgará a la persona que los está confundiendo, sea quien fuere.
11 Amados hermanos, si yo todavía predicara que ustedes deben circuncidarse—como algunos dicen que hago—, ¿por qué, entonces, aún se me persigue? Si ya no predicara que la salvación es por medio de la cruz de Cristo, nadie se ofendería. 12 Cómo me gustaría que esos perturbadores que quieren mutilarlos a ustedes mediante la circuncisión se mutilaran ellos mismos.[a]
13 Pues ustedes, mis hermanos, han sido llamados a vivir en libertad; pero no usen esa libertad para satisfacer los deseos de la naturaleza pecaminosa. Al contrario, usen la libertad para servirse unos a otros por amor. 14 Pues toda la ley puede resumirse en un solo mandato: «Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo»[b], 15 pero si están siempre mordiéndose y devorándose unos a otros, ¡tengan cuidado! Corren peligro de destruirse unos a otros.
Vivir por el poder del Espíritu
16 Por eso les digo: dejen que el Espíritu Santo los guíe en la vida. Entonces no se dejarán llevar por los impulsos de la naturaleza pecaminosa. 17 La naturaleza pecaminosa desea hacer el mal, que es precisamente lo contrario de lo que quiere el Espíritu. Y el Espíritu nos da deseos que se oponen a lo que desea la naturaleza pecaminosa. Estas dos fuerzas luchan constantemente entre sí, entonces ustedes no son libres para llevar a cabo sus buenas intenciones, 18 pero cuando el Espíritu los guía, ya no están obligados a cumplir la ley de Moisés.
19 Cuando ustedes siguen los deseos de la naturaleza pecaminosa, los resultados son más que claros: inmoralidad sexual, impureza, pasiones sensuales, 20 idolatría, hechicería, hostilidad, peleas, celos, arrebatos de furia, ambición egoísta, discordias, divisiones, 21 envidia, borracheras, fiestas desenfrenadas y otros pecados parecidos. Permítanme repetirles lo que les dije antes: cualquiera que lleve esa clase de vida no heredará el reino de Dios.
22 En cambio, la clase de fruto que el Espíritu Santo produce en nuestra vida es: amor, alegría, paz, paciencia, gentileza, bondad, fidelidad, 23 humildad y control propio. ¡No existen leyes contra esas cosas!
24 Los que pertenecen a Cristo Jesús han clavado en la cruz las pasiones y los deseos de la naturaleza pecaminosa y los han crucificado allí. 25 Ya que vivimos por el Espíritu, sigamos la guía del Espíritu en cada aspecto de nuestra vida. 26 No nos hagamos vanidosos ni nos provoquemos unos a otros ni tengamos envidia unos de otros.
Galatians 5
Expanded Bible
Galatians 5
Expanded Bible
Keep Your Freedom
5 Christ set us free ·so that we could live in freedom [to a place of freedom; or by means of freedom; 4:31]. So stand strong. Do not ·change and go back into the slavery of the law [L submit/be fastened to a yoke of slavery]. 2 Listen, I Paul tell you that if you ·go back to the law by being [L let yourself be] circumcised, Christ does you no good. 3 Again, I warn every man: If you allow yourselves to be circumcised, you ·must follow [are obligated to obey] all the law. 4 If you try to be ·made right with God [justified] through the law, ·your life with Christ is over [L you are alienated/separated/severed from Christ]—you have ·left [fallen away from] God’s grace. 5 For by the Spirit and through faith we wait eagerly for ·a right relationship with God [L righteousness]—the object of our hope. 6 ·When we are [L For] in Christ Jesus, ·it is not important if we are circumcised or not [L neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything]. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.
7 You were running a good race. Who ·stopped [hindered] you from ·following [or obeying; or your conviction about] the ·true way [truth]? 8 This ·change [persuasion; enticement] did not come from the One who ·chose [called] you. 9 Be careful! “Just a little ·yeast [leaven; 1 Cor. 5:6–7] makes the whole batch of dough rise [C a little error will spread through the whole community].” 10 But I ·trust [L have confidence/am persuaded about you] in the Lord that you will ·not believe those different ideas [take no different view]. Whoever is ·confusing [troubling] you with such ideas will ·be punished [pay the penalty; L bear the condemnation], ·no matter who he is [L whoever he may be].
11 My brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching ·that a man must be circumcised [L circumcision; C some were evidently accusing Paul of this], why am I still being ·attacked [persecuted]? If I still taught circumcision, ·my preaching about the cross would not be a problem [the scandal/offense of the cross has been removed/abolished]. 12 I wish the people who are bothering you would ·castrate themselves [make themselves eunuchs; L cut it off]! [C Paul sarcastically says that if circumcision is so helpful, why not go even further?]
13 My brothers and sisters, God called you to ·be free [L freedom], but do not use your freedom as an ·excuse to do what pleases [opportunity/occasion for] your ·sinful self [sinful nature; flesh]. [L But; Rather] Serve each other with love. 14 [L For] The whole law is ·made complete [summed up; fulfilled] in this one command: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself [Lev. 19:18].” 15 [L But] If you go on ·hurting each other and tearing each other apart [L biting and devouring one another], be careful, or you will completely ·destroy [or consume] each other.
The Spirit and Human Nature
16 So I tell you: ·Live [Walk] ·by following [guided by; in the power of; L by] the Spirit. Then you will not do what your ·sinful self [sinful nature; T flesh] ·wants [desires; craves]. 17 Our ·sinful self [sinful nature; T flesh] ·wants [desires] what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit ·wants [desires] what is against our ·sinful self [sinful nature; T flesh]. [L For] The two are ·against [opposed to; or hostile toward] each other, so you cannot do just what you ·please [want]. 18 But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not under the law.
19 The ·wrong things the sinful self does [works of the flesh/sinful nature] are ·clear [evident; obvious]: ·being sexually unfaithful [sexual immorality], ·not being pure [impurity], ·taking part in sexual sins [depravity; promiscuity], 20 ·worshiping gods [idolatry], ·doing witchcraft [sorcery], ·hating [hostility; antagonism], ·making trouble [discord; strife], being jealous, ·being angry [rage], ·being selfish [rivalries], ·making people angry with each other [dissensions], ·causing divisions among people [factions], 21 feeling envy, being drunk, ·having wild and wasteful parties [carousings; orgies], and doing other things like these. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not inherit God’s kingdom. 22 But the ·Spirit produces the fruit of [L fruit of the Spirit is] love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, ·faithfulness [or faith], 23 gentleness, self-control. ·There is no law that says these things are wrong [or No law can oppose such things]. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified ·their own sinful selves [the sinful nature; the flesh]. They have given up ·their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do [L its passions and desires]. 25 ·We [L If/Since we…] ·get our new life from the Spirit [live by the Spirit], so we should ·follow [be guided by; walk in step with] the Spirit. 26 We must not be ·proud [conceited] or ·make trouble with [provoke] each other or be ·jealous [envious] of each other.
Galatians 5
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Galatians 5
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Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,(D) Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(E) 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(F) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(G) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(H) 6 For in Christ Jesus(I) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(J) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(K)
7 You were running a good race.(L) Who cut in on you(M) to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(N) 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(O) 10 I am confident(P) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(Q) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(R) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(S) In that case the offense(T) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(U) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
Life by the Spirit
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(V) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(W) rather, serve one another(X) humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](Y) 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(Z) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(AA) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(AB) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c] you want.(AC) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(AD) you are not under the law.(AE)
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(AF) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(AG) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(AH)
22 But the fruit(AI) of the Spirit is love,(AJ) joy, peace,(AK) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(AL) Against such things there is no law.(AM) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(AN) with its passions and desires.(AO) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(AP) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(AQ) provoking and envying each other.
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:13 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; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
- Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18
- Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what
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