1 Corinthians 7

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1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.	1 En cuanto a lo que me habéis escrito, bien le está al hombre abstenerse de mujer.
2 But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.	2 No obstante, por razón de la impureza, tenga cada hombre su mujer, y cada mujer su marido.
3 A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should also act similarly toward her husband.	3 Que el marido dé a su mujer lo que debe y la mujer de igual modo a su marido.
4 It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.	4 No dispone la mujer de su cuerpo, sino el marido. Igualmente, el marido no dispone de su cuerpo, sino la mujer.
5 So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.	5 No os neguéis el uno al otro sino de mutuo acuerdo, por cierto tiempo, para daros a la oración; luego, volved a estar juntos, para que Satanás no os tiente por vuestra incontinencia.
6 But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.	6 Lo que os digo es una concesión, no un mandato.
7 For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.	7 Mi deseo sería que todos los hombres fueran como yo; mas cada cual tiene de Dios su gracia particular: unos de una manera, otros de otra.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.	8 No obstante, digo a los célibes y a las viudas: Bien les está quedarse como yo.
9 But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.	9 Pero si no pueden contenerse, que se casen; mejor es casarse que abrasarse.
10 But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.	10 En cuanto a los casados, les ordeno, no yo sino el Señor: que la mujer no se separe del marido,
11 But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.	11 mas en el caso de separarse, que no vuelva a casarse, o que se reconcilie con su marido, y que el marido no despida a su mujer.
12 Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.	12 En cuanto a los demás, digo yo, no el Señor: Si un hermano tiene una mujer no creyente y ella consiente en vivir con él, no la despida.
13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.	13 Y si una mujer tiene un marido no creyente y él consiente en vivir con ella, no le despida.
14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.	14 Pues el marido no creyente queda santificado por su mujer, y la mujer no creyente queda santificada por el marido creyente. De otro modo, vuestros hijos serían impuros, mas ahora son santos.
15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart. For a brother or sister cannot be made subject to servitude in this way. For God has called us to peace.	15 Pero si la parte no creyente quiere separarse, que se separe, en ese caso el hermano o la hermana no están ligados: para vivir en paz os llamó el Señor.
16 And how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?	16 Pues ¿qué sabes tú, mujer, si salvarás a tu marido? Y ¿qué sabes tú, marido, si salvarás a tu mujer?
17 However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.	17 Por lo demás, que cada cual viva conforme le ha asignado el Señor, cada cual como le ha llamado Dios. Es lo que ordeno en todas las Iglesias.
18 Has any circumcised man been called? Let him not cover his circumcision. Has any uncircumcised man been called? Let him not be circumcised.	18 ¿Que fue uno llamado siendo circunciso? No rehaga su prepucio. ¿Que fue llamado siendo incircunciso? No se circuncide.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; there is only the observance of the commandments of God.	19 La circuncisión es nada, y nada la incircuncisión; lo que importa es el cumplimiento de los mandamientos de Dios.
20 Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.	20 Que permanezca cada cual tal como le halló la llamada de Dios.
21 Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.	21 ¿Eras esclavo cuando fuiste llamado? No te preocupes. Y aunque puedas hacerte libre, aprovecha más bien tu condición de esclavo.
22 For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.	22 Pues el que recibió la llamada del Señor siendo esclavo, es un liberto del Señor; igualmente, el que era libre cuando recibió la llamada, es un esclavo de Cristo.
23 You have been bought with a price. Do not be willing to become the servants of men.	23 ¡Habéis sido bien comprados! No os hagáis esclavos de los hombres.
24 Brothers, let each one, in whatever state he was called, remain in that state with God.	24 Hermanos, permanezca cada cual ante Dios en el estado en que fue llamado.
25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.	25 Acerca de la virginidad no tengo precepto del Señor. Doy, no obstante, un consejo, como quien, por la misericordia de Dios, es digno de credito.
26 Therefore, I consider this to be good, because of the present necessity: that it is good for a man to be such as I am.	26 Por tanto, pienso que es cosa buena, a causa de la necesidad presente, quedarse el hombre así.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.	27 ¿Estás unido a una mujer? No busques la separación. ¿No estás unido a mujer? No la busques.
28 But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.	28 Mas, si te casas, no pecas. Y, si la joven se casa, no peca. Pero todos ellos trendrán su tribulación en la carne, que yo quisiera evitaros.
29 And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;	29 Os digo, pues, hermanos: El tiempo es corto. Por tanto, los que tienen mujer, vivan como si no la tuviesen.
30 and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;	30 Los que lloran, como si no llorasen. Los que están alegres, como si no lo estuviesen. Los que compran, como si no poseyesen.
31 and those who use the things of this world, as if they were not using them. For the figure of this world is passing away.	31 Los que disfrutan del mundo, como si no disfrutasen. Porque la apariencia de este mundo pasa.
32 But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.	32 Yo os quisiera libres de preocupaciones. El no casado se preocupa de las cosas del Señor, de cómo agradar al Señor.
33 But whoever is with a wife is worried about the things of the world, as to how he may please his wife. And so, he is divided.	33 El casado se preocupa de las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su mujer;
34 And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to how she may please her husband.	34 está por tanto dividido. La mujer no casada, lo mismo que la doncella, se preocupa de las cosas del Señor, de ser santa en el cuerpo y en el esp1ritu. Mas la casada se preocupa de las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su marido.
35 Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.	35 Os digo esto para vuestro provecho, no para tenderos un lazo, sino para moveros a lo más digno y al trato asiduo con el Señor, sin división.
36 But if any man considers himself to seem dishonorable, concerning a virgin who is of adult age, and so it ought to be, he may do as he wills. If he marries her, he does not sin.	36 Pero si alguno teme faltar a la conveniencia respecto de su novia, por estar en la flor de la edad, y conviene actuar en consecuencia, haga lo que quiera: no peca, cásense.
37 But if he has decided firmly in his heart, and he does not have any obligation, but only the power of his free will, and if he has judged this in his heart, to let her remain a virgin, he does well.	37 Mas el que ha tomado una firme decisión en su corazón, y sin presión alguna, y en pleno uso de su libertad está resuelto en su interior a respetar a su novia, hará bien.
38 And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.	38 Por tanto, el que se casa con su novia, obra bien. Y el que no se casa, obra mejor.
39 A woman is bound under the law for as long as her husband lives. But if her husband has died, she is free. She may marry whomever she wishes, but only in the Lord.	39 La mujer está ligada a su marido mientras él viva; mas una vez muerto el marido, queda libre para casarse con quien quiera, pero sólo en el Señor.
40 But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.	40 Sin embargo, será feliz si permanece así según mi consejo; que también yo creo tener el Espíritu de Dios.