Gálatas 2

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Al cabo de catorce años, subí nuevamente a Jerusalén con Bernabé, llevando conmigo a Tito.	1 Next, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, taking with me Barnabas and Titus.
2 Lo hice en virtud de una revelación divina, y les expuse el Evangelio que predico entre los paganos, en particular a los dirigentes para asegurarme que no corría o no había corrido en vano.	2 And I went up according to revelation, and I debated with them about the Gospel that I am preaching among the Gentiles, but away from those who were pretending to be something, lest perhaps I might run, or have run, in vain.
3 Pero ni siquiera Tito, que estaba conmigo y era de origen pagano, fue obligado a circuncidarse,	3 But even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Gentile, was not compelled to be circumcised,
4 a pesar de los falsos hermanos que se habían infiltrado para coartar la libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús y reducirnos a la esclavitud.	4 but only because of false brothers, who were brought in unknowingly. They entered secretly to spy on our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to servitude.
5 Con todo, ni por un momento les hicimos concesiones, a fin de salvaguardar para ustedes la verdad del Evangelio.	5 We did not yield to them in subjection, even for an hour, in order that the truth of the Gospel would remain with you,
6 En cuanto a los dirigentes –no me interesa lo que hayan sido antes, porque Dios no hace acepción de personas– no me impusieron nada más.	6 and away from those who were pretending to be something. (Whatever they might have been once, it means nothing to me. God does not accept the reputation of a man.) And those who were claiming to be something had nothing to offer me.
7 Al contrario, aceptaron que me había sido confiado el anuncio del Evangelio a los paganos, así como fue confiado a Pedro el anuncio a los judíos.	7 But it was to the contrary, since they had seen that the Gospel to the uncircumcised was entrusted to me, just as the Gospel to the circumcised was entrusted to Peter.
8 Porque el que constituyó a Pedro Apóstol de los judíos, me hizo también a mí Apóstol de los paganos.	8 For he who was working the Apostleship to the circumcised in Peter, was also working in me among the Gentiles.
9 Por eso, Santiago, Cefas y Juan –considerados como columnas de la Iglesia– reconociendo el don que me había sido acordado, nos estrecharon la mano a mí y a Bernabé, en señal de comunión, para que nosotros nos encargáramos de los paganos y ellos de los judíos.	9 And so, when they had acknowledged the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed like pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we would go to the Gentiles, while they went to the circumcised,
10 Solamente nos recomendaron que nos acordáramos de los pobres, lo que siempre he tratado de hacer.	10 asking only that we should be mindful of the poor, which was the very thing that I also was solicitous to do.
11 Pero cuando Cefas llegó a Antioquía, yo le hice frente porque su conducta era reprensible.	11 But when Cephas had arrived at Antioch, I stood against him to his face, because he was blameworthy.
12 En efecto, antes que llegaran algunos enviados de Santiago, él comía con los paganos, pero cuando estos llegaron, se alejó de ellos y permanecía apartado, por temor a los partidarios de la circuncisión.	12 For before certain ones arrived from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they had arrived, he drew apart and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
13 Los demás judíos lo imitaron, y hasta el mismo Bernabé se dejó arrastrar por su simulación.	13 And the other Jews consented to his pretense, so that even Barnabas was led by them into that falseness.
14 Cuando yo vi que no procedían rectamente, según la verdad del Evangelio, dije a Cefas delante de todos: «Si tú, que eres judío, vives como los paganos y no como los judíos, ¿por qué obligas a los paganos a que vivan como los judíos?».	14 But when I had seen that they were not walking correctly, by the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in front of everyone: “If you, while you are a Jew, are living like the Gentiles and not the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to keep the customs of the Jews?”
15 Nosotros somos judíos de nacimiento y no pecadores venidos del paganismo.	15 By nature, we are Jews, and not of the Gentiles, sinners.
16 Pero como sabemos que el hombre no es justificado por las obras de la Ley, sino por la fe en Jesucristo, hemos creído en él, para ser justificados por la fe de Cristo y no por las obras de la Ley.	16 And we know that man is not justified by the works of the law, but only by the faith of Jesus Christ. And so we believe in Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law. For no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
17 Ahora bien, si al buscar nuestra justificación en Cristo, resulta que también nosotros somos pecadores, entonces Cristo está al servicio del pecado. Esto no puede ser,	17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, would then Christ be the minister of sin? Let it not be so!
18 porque si me pongo a reconstruir lo que he destruido, me declaro a mí mismo transgresor de la Ley.	18 For if I rebuild the things that I have destroyed, I establish myself as a prevaricator.
19 Pero en virtud de la Ley, he muerto a la Ley, a fin de vivir para Dios. Yo estoy crucificado con Cristo,	19 For through the law, I have become dead to the law, so that I may live for God. I have been nailed to the cross with Christ.
20 y ya no vivo yo, sino que Cristo vive en mí: la vida que sigo viviendo en la carne, la vivo en la fe en el Hijo de Dios, que me amó y se entregó por mí.	20 I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.
21 Yo no anulo la gracia de Dios: si la justicia viene de la Ley, Cristo ha muerto inútilmente.	21 I do not reject the grace of God. For if justice is through the law, then Christ died in vain.