Gálatas 5
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Mantengan su libertad
5 Ahora somos libres porque Cristo nos liberó. Manténganse firmes en la libertad y no vuelvan a la esclavitud. 2 Yo mismo, Pablo, les pido que escuchen lo que les digo. Si se someten a la ley de la circuncisión, entonces Cristo no podrá ayudarlos. 3 Una vez más les testifico a todos: los que se circuncidan están obligados a cumplir todo lo que dice la ley. 4 Si ustedes quieren estar bien con Dios por la ley, entonces se habrán apartado de Cristo, se habrán alejado del generoso amor de Dios. 5 Por el Espíritu recibimos la esperanza de que Dios nos va a aprobar por la fe. 6 En Jesucristo no importa si uno tiene la circuncisión o no, lo que importa es la fe que trabaja por medio del amor.
7 Ustedes corrían muy bien, ¿quién los convenció de no seguir corriendo por el camino verdadero? 8 Eso no viene de Dios, quien los eligió. 9 ¡Ojo! «Sólo un poco de levadura fermenta toda la masa». 10 Tengo confianza en el Señor de que no van a pensar de otra manera. Hay alguien que los está confundiendo con esas cosas, pero Dios lo castigará, no importa quién sea.
11 Hermanos, si yo enseñara que los hombres deben ser circuncidados, ¿por qué sufro persecución? Si yo todavía enseñara que los hombres deben circuncidarse, entonces lo que enseño acerca de la cruz no me causaría ningún problema. 12 Me gustaría que esos que los están confundiendo llegaran de una vez hasta el extremo de castrarse[a].
13 Hermanos, Dios los ha llamado para ser libres. Pero no permitan que la libertad sea una excusa para complacer sus deseos perversos. Mejor ayúdense los unos a los otros siempre con amor. 14 (A)Pues toda la ley se puede resumir en una sola frase: «Ama a tus semejantes como a ti mismo».[b] 15 Pero si ustedes siguen atacándose y haciéndose daño unos a otros, van a terminar por destruirse todos.
El Espíritu contra la carne
16 Por eso les doy este consejo: dejen que el Espíritu guíe su vida y no complazcan los deseos perversos de su naturaleza carnal. 17 Nuestra naturaleza carnal desea lo que está en contra del Espíritu y el Espíritu desea lo que está en contra de la naturaleza carnal. Los dos se oponen. Por eso resulta que ustedes no están haciendo lo que realmente quieren, 18 pero si se dejan guiar por el Espíritu, quedan libres de la ley.
19 Está muy claro que las cosas que hace nuestra naturaleza carnal son: inmoralidad sexual, impureza, descontrol, 20 idolatría, participar en brujerías, odio, discordia, celos, iras, rivalidades, peleas, divisiones, 21 envidias, borracheras, parrandas y otras cosas parecidas. Ya les advertí contra eso y ahora les vuelvo a decir lo mismo, que todos los que hacen eso no tendrán parte en el reino de Dios.
22 En cambio, el Espíritu produce amor, alegría, paz, paciencia, amabilidad, bondad, fidelidad, 23 humildad y dominio propio. No existe ninguna ley en contra de esas cosas. 24 Todos los que pertenecen a Cristo han crucificado su naturaleza carnal con sus pasiones y sentimientos egoístas. 25 Ya que el Espíritu nos da vida, debemos dejarlo que nos guíe. 26 No seamos orgullosos, ni envidiosos ni causemos peleas entre nosotros mismos.
Galatians 5
English Standard Version
Christ Has Set Us Free
5 For (A)freedom Christ has (B)set us free; (C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to (D)a yoke of (E)slavery.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that (F)if you accept circumcision, (G)Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that (H)he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are (I)severed from Christ, (J)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (K)you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly (L)wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus (M)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (N)only faith working through love.
7 (O)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (P)the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from (Q)him who calls you. 9 (R)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 (S)I have confidence in the Lord that you will (T)take no other view, and (U)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,[b] still preach[c] circumcision, (V)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (W)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (X)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (Y)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (Z)serve one another. 14 For (AA)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: (AB)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you (AC)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
Keep in Step with the Spirit
16 But I say, (AD)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify (AE)the desires of the flesh. 17 For (AF)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (AG)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are (AH)led by the Spirit, (AI)you are not under the law. 19 Now (AJ)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (AK)divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that (AL)those who do[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But (AM)the fruit of the Spirit is (AN)love, joy, peace, patience, (AO)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 (AP)gentleness, (AQ)self-control; (AR)against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (AS)have crucified the flesh with its (AT)passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, (AU)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 (AV)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
- Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
- Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim
- Galatians 5:21 Some manuscripts add murder
- Galatians 5:21 Or make a practice of doing
Galatians 5
New King James Version
Christian Liberty
5 (A)Stand[a] fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a (B)yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that (C)if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised (D)that he is [b]a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 (E)You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; (F)you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly (G)wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For (H)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but (I)faith working through love.
Love Fulfills the Law
7 You (J)ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. 9 (K)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
11 And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, (L)why do I still suffer persecution? Then (M)the offense of the cross has ceased. 12 (N)I could wish that those (O)who trouble you would even [c]cut themselves off!
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (P)do not use liberty as an (Q)opportunity for the flesh, but (R)through love serve one another. 14 For (S)all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: (T)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Walking in the Spirit
16 I say then: (U)Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For (V)the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, (W)so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But (X)if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now (Y)the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [d]adultery, [e]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [f]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that (Z)those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But (AA)the fruit of the Spirit is (AB)love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, (AC)goodness, (AD)faithfulness, 23 [g]gentleness, self-control. (AE)Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s (AF)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 (AG)If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 (AH)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:1 NU For freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast therefore, and
- Galatians 5:3 obligated
- Galatians 5:12 mutilate themselves
- Galatians 5:19 NU omits adultery
- Galatians 5:19 sexual immorality
- Galatians 5:21 NU omits murders
- Galatians 5:23 meekness
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