La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 PORQUE sabemos, que si la casa terrestre de nuestra habitación se deshiciere, tenemos de Dios un edificio, una casa no hecha de manos, eterna en los cielos.
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We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn't made by human hands.
2 Y por esto también gemimos, deseando ser sobrevestidos de aquella nuestra habitación celestial;
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In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.
3 Puesto que en verdad habremos sido hallados vestidos, y no desnudos.
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After we have put it on, we won't be naked.
4 Porque asimismo los que estamos en este tabernáculo, gemimos agravados; porque no quisiéramos ser desnudados; sino sobrevestidos, para que lo mortal sea absorbido por la vida.
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While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don't want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then [eternal] life will put an end to our mortal existence.
5 Mas el que nos hizo para esto mismo, es Dios; el cual nos ha dado la prenda del Espíritu.
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God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit to guarantee it.
6 Así que vivimos confiados siempre, y sabiendo, que entre tanto que estamos en el cuerpo, peregrinamos ausentes del Señor;
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So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.
7 (Porque por fe andamos, no por vista;)
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Indeed, our lives are guided by faith, not by sight.
8 Mas confiamos, y más quisiéramos partir del cuerpo, y estar presentes al Señor.
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We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.
9 Por tanto procuramos también, ó ausentes, ó presentes, serle agradables:
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Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
10 Porque es menester que todos nosotros parezcamos ante el tribunal de Cristo, para que cada uno reciba según lo que hubiere hecho por medio del cuerpo, ora sea bueno ó malo.
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All of us must appear in front of Christ's judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
11 Estando pues poseídos del temor del Señor, persuadimos á los hombres, mas á Dios somos manifiestos; y espero que también en vuestras conciencias somos manifiestos.
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As people who know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. God already knows what we are, and I hope that you also know what we are.
12 No nos encomendamos pues otra vez á vosotros, sino os damos ocasión de gloriaros por nosotros, para que tengáis qué responder contra los que se glorían en las apariencias, y no en el corazón.
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We are not trying to show you our qualifications again, but we are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us. Then you can answer those who are proud of their appearance rather than their character.
13 Porque si loqueamos, es para Dios; y si estamos en seso, es para vosotros.
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So if we were crazy, it was for God. If we are sane, it is for you.
14 Porque el amor de Cristo nos constriñe, pensando esto: Que si uno murió por todos, luego todos son muertos;
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Clearly, Christ's love guides us. We are convinced of the fact that one man has died for all people. Therefore, all people have died.
15 Y por todos murió, para que los que viven, ya no vivan para sí, mas para aquel que murió y resucitó por ellos.
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He died for all people so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for the man who died and was brought back to life for them.
16 De manera que nosotros de aquí adelante á nadie conocemos según la carne: y aun si á Cristo conocimos según la carne, empero ahora ya no le conocemos.
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So from now on we don't think of anyone from a human point of view. If we did think of Christ from a human point of view, we don't anymore.
17 De modo que si alguno está en Cristo, nueva criatura es: las cosas viejas pasaron; he aquí todas son hechas nuevas.
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Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.
18 Y todo esto es de Dios, el cual nos reconcilió á sí por Cristo; y nos dió el ministerio de la reconciliación.
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God has done all this. He has restored our relationship with him through Christ, and has given us this ministry of restoring relationships.
19 Porque ciertamente Dios estaba en Cristo reconciliando el mundo á sí, no imputándole sus pecados, y puso en nosotros la palabra de la reconciliación.
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In other words, God was using Christ to restore his relationship with humanity. He didn't hold people's faults against them, and he has given us this message of restored relationships to tell others.
20 Así que, somos embajadores en nombre de Cristo, como si Dios rogase por medio nuestro; os rogamos en nombre de Cristo: Reconciliaos con Dios.
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Therefore, we are Christ's representatives, and through us God is calling you. We beg you on behalf of Christ to become reunited with God.
21 Al que no conoció pecado, hizo pecado por nosotros, para que nosotros fuésemos hechos justicia de Dios en él.
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God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God's approval through him.
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