1 Corintios 7
1 En cuanto a las cosas de que me escribisteis: bueno sería al hombre no tocar mujer.
Now concerning the things 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 sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3 El marido pague a la mujer la debida benevolencia; y asimismo la mujer al marido.
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife 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 doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t 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.
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 Mas esto digo por permisión, no por mandamiento.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
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.
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However, each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
8 Digo, pues, a los solteros y a las viudas, que bueno les es si se quedaren como yo.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows, 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 don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s 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.
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave 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 departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave 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.
But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
13 Y la mujer que tiene marido no creyente, y él consiente para habitar con ella, no le deje.
The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
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 in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now 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.
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us 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 you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your 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.
Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
18 ¿Es llamado alguno circuncidado? no se haga incircunciso: ¿es llamado alguno en incircuncisión? no se circuncide.
Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be 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 God’s commandments.
20 Cada uno en la vocación en que fue llamado en ella se quede.
Let each man stay in that 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 you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
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 being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.
23 Por precio sois comprados, no os hagáis siervos de los hombres.
You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
24 Cada uno, hermanos, en lo que es llamado en esto se quede para con Dios.
Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
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 have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from 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.
Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.
27 ¿Estás atado a mujer? no procures soltarte. ¿Estás suelto de mujer? no busques mujer.
Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t 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 if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want 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, both those who have wives may be 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 didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t 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 the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes 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 desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
33 Empero el casado tiene cuidado de las cosas que son del mundo, como ha de agradar a su mujer.
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may 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 also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may 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.
This I say for your own benefit, not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend 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.
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
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 he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.
38 Así que el que da su virgen en casamiento, hace bien; mas el que no la da, hace mejor.
So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t 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 law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, 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.
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
