La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 ¿NO soy apóstol? ¿no soy libre? ¿no he visto á Jesús el Señor nuestro? ¿no sois vosotros mi obra en el Señor?
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Don't you agree that I'm a free man? Don't you agree that I'm an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren't you the result of my work for the Lord?
2 Si á los otros no soy apóstol, á vosotros ciertamente lo soy: porque el sello de mi apostolado sois vosotros en el Señor.
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If I'm not an apostle to other people, at least I'm an apostle to you. You are the seal which proves that I am the Lord's apostle.
3 Esta es mi respuesta á los que me preguntan.
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This is how I defend myself to those who cross-examine me.
4 Qué, ¿no tenemos potestad de comer y de beber?
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Don't we have the right to eat and drink?
5 ¿No tenemos potestad de traer con nosotros una hermana mujer también como los otros apóstoles, y los hermanos del Señor, y Cefas?
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Don't we have the right to take our wives along with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas do?
6 ¿O sólo yo y Bernabé no tenemos potestad de no trabajar?
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Or is it only Barnabas and I who don't have any rights, except to find work to support ourselves?
7 ¿Quién jamás peleó á sus expensas? ¿quién planta viña, y no come de su fruto? ¿ó quién apacienta el ganado, y no come de la leche del ganado?
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Does a soldier ever serve in the army at his own expense? Does anyone plant a vineyard and not eat the grapes? Does anyone take care of a flock and not drink milk from the sheep?
8 ¿Digo esto según los hombres? ¿no dice esto también la ley?
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Am I merely stating some human rule? Don't Moses' Teachings say the same thing?
9 Porque en la ley de Moisés está escrito: No pondrás bozal al buey que trilla. ¿Tiene Dios cuidado de los bueyes?
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Moses' Teachings say, "Never muzzle an ox when it is threshing grain." God's concern isn't for oxen.
10 ¿O dícelo enteramente por nosotros? Pues por nosotros está escrito: porque con esperanza ha de arar el que ara; y el que trilla, con esperanza de recibir el fruto.
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Isn't he speaking entirely for our benefit? This was written for our benefit so that the person who plows or threshes should expect to receive a share of the crop.
11 Si nosotros os sembramos lo espiritual, ¿es gran cosa si segáremos lo vuestro carnal?
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If we have planted the spiritual seed that has been of benefit to you, is it too much if we receive part of the harvest from your earthly goods?
12 Si otros tienen en vosotros esta potestad, ¿no más bien nosotros? Mas no hemos usado de esta potestad: antes lo sufrimos todo, por no poner ningún obstáculo al evangelio de Cristo.
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If others have the right to expect this from you, don't we deserve even more? But we haven't used our rights. Instead, we would put up with anything in order not to hinder the Good News of Christ in any way.
13 ¿No sabéis que los que trabajan en el santuario, comen del santuario; y que los que sirven al altar, del altar participan?
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Don't you realize that those who work at the temple get their food from the temple? Don't those who help at the altar get a share of what is on the altar?
14 Así también ordenó el Señor á los que anuncian el evangelio, que vivan del evangelio.
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In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who spread the Good News should earn their living from the Good News.
15 Mas yo de nada de esto me aproveché: ni tampoco he escrito esto para que se haga así conmigo; porque tengo por mejor morir, antes que nadie haga vana esta mi gloria.
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I haven't used any of these rights, and I haven't written this in order to use them now. I would rather die than have anyone turn my bragging into meaningless words.
16 Pues bien que anuncio el evangelio, no tengo por qué gloriarme porque me es impuesta necesidad; y ¡ay de mí si no anunciare el evangelio!
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If I spread the Good News, I have nothing to brag about because I have an obligation to do this. How horrible it will be for me if I don't spread the Good News!
17 Por lo cual, si lo hago de voluntad, premio tendré; mas si por fuerza, la dispensación me ha sido encargada.
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If I spread the Good News willingly, I'll have a reward. But if I spread the Good News unwillingly, I'm [only] doing what I've been entrusted to do.
18 ¿Cuál, pues, es mi merced? Que predicando el evangelio, ponga el evangelio de Cristo de balde, para no usar mal de mi potestad en el evangelio.
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So what is my reward? It is to spread the Good News free of charge. In that way I won't use the rights that belong to those who spread the Good News.
19 Por lo cual, siendo libre para con todos, me he hecho siervo de todos por ganar á más.
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Although I'm free from all people, I have made myself a slave for all people to win more of them.
20 Heme hecho á los Judíos como Judío, por ganar á los Judíos; á los que están sujetos á la ley (aunque yo no sea sujeto á la ley) como sujeto á la ley, por ganar á los que están sujetos á la ley;
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I became Jewish for Jewish people. I became subject to Moses' Teachings for those who are subject to those laws. I did this to win them even though I'm not subject to Moses' Teachings.
21 A los que son sin ley, como si yo fuera sin ley, (no estando yo sin ley de Dios, mas en la ley de Cristo) por ganar á los que estaban sin ley.
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I became like a person who does not have Moses' Teachings for those who don't have those teachings. I did this to win them even though I have God's teachings. I'm really subject to Christ's teachings.
22 Me he hecho á los flacos flaco, por ganar á los flacos: á todos me he hecho todo, para que de todo punto salve á algunos.
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I became like a person weak in faith to win those who are weak in faith. I have become everything to everyone in order to save at least some of them.
23 Y esto hago por causa del evangelio, por hacerme juntamente participante de él.
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I do all this for the sake of the Good News in order to share what it offers.
24 ¿No sabéis que los que corren en el estadio, todos á la verdad corren, mas uno lleva el premio? Corred de tal manera que lo obtengáis.
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Don't you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner gets the prize? Run like them, so that you can win.
25 Y todo aquel que lucha, de todo se abstiene: y ellos, á la verdad, para recibir una corona corruptible; mas nosotros, incorruptible.
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Everyone who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training. They do it to win a temporary crown, but we do it to win one that will be permanent.
26 Así que, yo de esta manera corro, no como á cosa incierta; de esta manera peleo, no como quien hiere el aire:
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So I run--but not without a clear goal ahead of me. So I box--but not as if I were just shadow boxing.
27 Antes hiero mi cuerpo, y lo pongo en servidumbre; no sea que, habiendo predicado á otros, yo mismo venga á ser reprobado.
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Rather, I toughen my body with punches and make it my slave so that I will not be disqualified after I have spread the Good News to others.
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