1 Corintios 7
1 En cuanto a las cosas de que me escribisteis: bueno sería al hombre no tocar mujer.
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote to me: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
2 Mas por evitar las fornicaciones, cada varón tenga su mujer, y cada mujer tenga su marido.
But because of the cases of fornication, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
3 El marido pague a la mujer la debida benevolencia; y asimismo la mujer al marido.
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 La mujer no tiene la potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino el marido; y por el semejante tampoco el marido tiene la potestad de su propio cuerpo, sino la mujer.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5 No os defraudéis el uno al otro, sino fuere algo por tiempo, de consentimiento de ambos, por ocuparos en ayuno y en oración; y volvéd a juntaros en uno, porque no os tiente Satanás a causa de vuestra incontinencia.
Do not deprive one another, except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer and then come together again so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Mas esto digo por permisión, no por mandamiento.
Now I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 Porque querría que todos los hombres fuesen como yo; empero cada uno tiene su propio don de Dios: uno de una manera, y otro de otra.
For I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person in this manner and another in that manner.
8 Digo, pues, a los solteros y a las viudas, que bueno les es si se quedaren como yo.
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them if they remain even as I am.
9 Empero si no se pueden contener, cásense; que mejor es casarse, que quemarse.
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 Mas a los casados mando, y no yo, sino el Señor: Que la mujer no se aparte del marido.
Now to the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband
11 Y si se apartare, quédese por casar, o reconcíliese con su marido; y que el marido no despida a su mujer.
(but if she does separate, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 Y a los demás yo digo, no el Señor: Si algún hermano tiene mujer no creyente, y ella consiente para habitar con él, no la despida.
Now to the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to dwell with him, he must not divorce her.
13 Y la mujer que tiene marido no creyente, y él consiente para habitar con ella, no le deje.
And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he consents to dwell with her, she must not divorce him.
14 Porque el marido no creyente es santificado por la mujer; y la mujer no creyente es santificada por el marido; de otra manera vuestros hijos serían inmundos, empero ahora son santos.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
15 Mas si el no creyente se aparta, apártese; que el hermano, o la hermana, no está sujeto a servidumbre en semejantes casos: antes a paz nos llamó Dios.
But if the unbelieving spouse separates, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such cases. God has called us to live in peace.
16 Porque ¿de dónde sabes, oh mujer, si quizá salvarás a tu marido? ¿o de dónde sabes, oh marido, si quizá salvarás a tu mujer?
For how do yoʋ know, O wife, whether yoʋ will save yoʋr husband? Or how do yoʋ know, O husband, whether yoʋ will save yoʋr wife?
17 Empero como el Señor repartió a cada uno, y como el Señor llamó a cada uno, así ande; y así yo lo ordeno en todas las iglesias.
Nevertheless, each person should live the life that God has assigned to him and to which the Lord has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
18 ¿Es llamado alguno circuncidado? no se haga incircunciso: ¿es llamado alguno en incircuncisión? no se circuncide.
Was any man already circumcised when he was called? He should not remove the marks of circumcision. Was any man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not become circumcised.
19 La circuncisión nada es, y la incircuncisión nada es, sino la observancia de los mandamientos de Dios.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is keeping the commandments of God.
20 Cada uno en la vocación en que fue llamado en ella se quede.
Each person should remain in the calling in which he was called.
21 ¿Eres llamado siendo siervo? no se te dé nada; mas también si puedes hacerte libre, usa antes de ello.
Were yoʋ a slave when yoʋ were called? Do not be concerned about it, but if yoʋ are able to become free, make the most of the opportunity.
22 Porque el que en el Señor es llamado siendo siervo, horro es del Señor: asimismo también el que es llamado siendo libre, siervo es de Cristo.
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, he who was called as a free man is Christ's slave.
23 Por precio sois comprados, no os hagáis siervos de los hombres.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 Cada uno, hermanos, en lo que es llamado en esto se quede para con Dios.
Brothers, each person should remain with God in the condition in which he was called.
25 Empero de las vírgenes no tengo mandamiento del Señor; mas doy mi parecer, como quien ha alcanzado misericordia del Señor para ser fiel.
Now concerning virgins, I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
26 Tengo, pues, esto por bueno a causa de la aflicción actual; digo, que bueno es al hombre estarse así.
I think it is good then, on account of the present distress, for a man to remain as he is.
27 ¿Estás atado a mujer? no procures soltarte. ¿Estás suelto de mujer? no busques mujer.
Are yoʋ pledged to marry a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are yoʋ free from such a commitment? Do not seek a wife.
28 Mas también si te casares, no pecaste; y si la virgen se casare, no pecó; pero aflicción en la carne tendrán los tales; mas yo os perdono.
But even if yoʋ do marry, yoʋ have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will have tribulation in the flesh, and I am trying to spare you.
29 Esto empero digo, hermanos, que el tiempo es corto: lo que resta es, que los que tienen mujeres sean como si no las tuviesen;
But I say this, brothers: The time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as though they had none,
30 Y los que lloran, como si no llorasen; y los que se regocijan, como si no se regocijasen; y los que compran, como si no poseyesen;
and those who weep as though they were not weeping, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Y los que usan de este mundo, como no abusando de él; porque la apariencia de este mundo se pasa.
and those who use this world as though they were not making full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.
32 Mas querría que estuvieseis sin cuidado. El soltero tiene cuidado de las cosas que pertenecen al Señor, como ha de agradar al Señor.
But I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.
33 Empero el casado tiene cuidado de las cosas que son del mundo, como ha de agradar a su mujer.
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he will please his wife.
34 Diferencia hay también entre la mujer casada y la virgen. La mujer por casar, tiene cuidado de las cosas del Señor, para ser santa así en cuerpo como en espíritu; mas la casada, tiene cuidado de las cosas del mundo, como ha de agradar a su marido.
There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she will please her husband.
35 Esto empero digo para vuestro propio provecho: no para echaros un lazo, sino para lo que es decente, y para que sin distracción sirváis al Señor.
I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote proper behavior and devotion to the Lord without distraction.
36 Mas si a alguno parece cosa fea en su virgen, que pase ya de edad, y así conviene que se haga, haga lo que quisiere; no peca, que se casen.
Now if any man thinks that he is acting improperly toward his virgin daughter by not letting her marry, if she is past the bloom of her youth and it seems necessary to do so, he should do what he wants. He is not sinning by letting her get married.
37 Empero el que está firme en su corazón, y no tiene necesidad, mas tiene poder sobre su voluntad, y determinó en su corazón esto, de guardar su virgen, hace bien.
But the man who stands firm in his heart, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and has determined in his heart to keep his virgin daughter from marrying, does well.
38 Así que el que da su virgen en casamiento, hace bien; mas el que no la da, hace mejor.
So then, he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
39 La mujer casada está atada por la ley, mientras vive su marido; mas si su marido muriere, libre es para ser casada con quien quisiere; solamente en el Señor.
A wife is bound by the law to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wishes, but only in the Lord.
40 Empero más feliz es, según mi parecer, si se queda así; y pienso que también yo tengo el Espíritu de Dios.
Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
