1 N ow as to the matters of which you wrote me. It is well for a man not to touch a woman but to remain unmarried.

En cuanto a las cosas de que me escribieron, bueno es para el hombre no tocar mujer.

2 B ut because of the temptation to impurity and to avoid immorality, let each have his own wife and let each have her own husband.

No obstante, por razón de las inmoralidades, que cada uno tenga su propia mujer, y cada una tenga su propio marido.

3 T he husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights (goodwill, kindness, and what is due her as his wife), and likewise the wife to her husband.

Que el marido cumpla su deber para con su mujer, e igualmente la mujer lo cumpla con el marido.

4 F or the wife does not have authority and control over her own body, but the husband; likewise also the husband does not have authority and control over his body, but the wife.

La mujer no tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino el marido. Y asimismo el marido no tiene autoridad sobre su propio cuerpo, sino la mujer.

5 D o not refuse and deprive and defraud each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves unhindered to prayer. But afterwards resume marital relations, lest Satan tempt you through your lack of restraint of sexual desire.

No se priven el uno del otro, excepto de común acuerdo y por cierto tiempo, para dedicarse a la oración. Vuelvan después a juntarse, a fin de que Satanás no los tiente por causa de falta de dominio propio.

6 B ut I am saying this more as a matter of permission and concession, not as a command or regulation.

Pero esto lo digo por vía de concesión, no como una orden.

7 I wish that all men were like I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of this kind and one of another.

Sin embargo, yo desearía que todos los hombres fueran como yo. No obstante, cada cual ha recibido de Dios su propio don, unos de una manera y otros de otra.

8 B ut to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain even as I do.

A los solteros y a las viudas digo que es bueno para ellos si se quedan como yo.

9 B ut if they have not self-control (restraint of their passions), they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame.

Pero si carecen de dominio propio, cásense. Que mejor es casarse que quemarse.

10 B ut to the married people I give charge—not I but the Lord—that the wife is not to separate from her husband.

A los casados instruyo, no yo, sino el Señor: que la mujer no debe dejar al (separarse del) marido.

11 B ut if she does, let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband. And the husband that he should not put away or divorce his wife.

Pero si lo deja, quédese sin casar, o de lo contrario que se reconcilie con su marido, y que el marido no abandone a su mujer.

12 T o the rest I declare—I, not the Lord —that if any brother has a wife who does not believe and she consents to live with him, he should not leave or divorce her.

Pero a los demás digo yo, no el Señor, que si un hermano tiene una mujer que no es creyente, y ella consiente en vivir con él, no la abandone.

13 A nd if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she should not leave or divorce him.

Y la mujer cuyo marido no es creyente, y él consiente en vivir con ella, no abandone a su marido.

14 F or the unbelieving husband is set apart (separated, withdrawn from heathen contamination, and affiliated with the Christian people) by union with his consecrated (set-apart) wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart and separated through union with her consecrated husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean (unblessed heathen, outside the Christian covenant), but as it is they are prepared for God.

Porque el marido que no es creyente es santificado por medio de su mujer; y la mujer que no es creyente es santificada por medio de su marido creyente. De otra manera sus hijos serían inmundos, pero ahora son santos.

15 B ut if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him do so; in such brother or sister is not morally bound. But God has called us to peace.

Sin embargo, si el que no es creyente se separa, que se separe. En tales casos el hermano o la hermana no están obligados (sujetos a servidumbre), sino que Dios nos ha llamado para vivir en paz.

16 F or, wife, how can you be sure of converting and saving your husband? Husband, how can you be sure of converting and saving your wife?

Pues ¿cómo sabes tú, mujer, si salvarás a tu marido? ¿O cómo sabes tú, marido, si salvarás a tu mujer ? Anden en la Voluntad de Dios

17 O nly, let each one lead the life which the Lord has allotted and imparted to him and to which God has invited and summoned him. This is my order in all the churches.

Fuera de esto, según el Señor ha asignado a cada uno, según Dios llamó a cada cual, así ande. Esto ordeno en todas las iglesias.

18 W as anyone at the time of his summons already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the evidence of circumcision. Was anyone at the time called him uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

¿Fue llamado alguno ya circuncidado? Quédese circuncidado. ¿Fue llamado alguien estando incircuncidado ? No se circuncide.

19 F or circumcision is nothing and counts for nothing, neither does uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God.

La circuncisión nada es, y nada es la incircuncisión, sino el guardar los mandamientos de Dios.

20 E veryone should remain after God calls him in the station or condition of life in which the summons found him.

Cada uno permanezca en la condición en que fue llamado.

21 W ere you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. But if you are able to gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.

¿Fuiste llamado siendo esclavo? No te preocupes. Aunque si puedes obtener tu libertad, prefiérelo.

22 F or he who as a slave was summoned in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just so he who was free when he was called is a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).

Porque el que fue llamado por el Señor siendo esclavo, hombre libre es del Señor. De la misma manera, el que fue llamado siendo libre, esclavo es de Cristo.

23 Y ou were bought with a price; then do not yield yourselves up to become slaves to men.

Ustedes fueron comprados por precio. No se hagan esclavos de los hombres.

24 S o, brethren, in whatever station or state or condition of life each one was when he was called, there let him continue with and close to God.

Hermanos, cada uno permanezca con Dios en la condición en que fue llamado. Sobre Casarse o no Casarse

25 N ow concerning the virgins (the marriageable maidens) I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion and advice as one who by the Lord’s mercy is rendered trustworthy and faithful.

En cuanto a las vírgenes no tengo mandamiento del Señor, pero doy mi opinión como el que habiendo recibido la misericordia del Señor es digno de confianza.

26 I think then, because of the impending distress, it is well (expedient, profitable, and wholesome) for a person to remain as he or she is.

Creo, pues, que esto es bueno en vista de la presente aflicción; es decir, que es bueno que el hombre se quede como está.

27 A re you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

¿Estás unido a mujer? No procures separarte. ¿Estás libre de mujer? No busques mujer.

28 B ut if you do marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will have physical and earthly troubles, and I would like to spare you that.

Y si te casas, no has pecado; y si una virgen se casa, no ha pecado. Sin embargo, ellos tendrán problemas en esta vida, y yo quiero evitárse los.

29 I mean, brethren, the appointed time has been winding down and it has grown very short. From now on, let even those who have wives be as if they had none,

Pero esto digo, hermanos: el tiempo ha sido acortado; de modo que de ahora en adelante los que tienen mujer sean como si no la tuvieran;

30 A nd those who weep and mourn as though they were not weeping and mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not possess anything,

los que lloran, como si no lloraran; los que se regocijan, como si no se regocijaran; los que compran, como si no tuvieran nada;

31 A nd those who deal with this world '> overusing the enjoyments of this life] as though they were not absorbed by it and as if they had no dealings with it. For the outward form of this world (the present world order) is passing away.

los que aprovechan el mundo, como si no lo aprovecharan plenamente; porque la apariencia de este mundo es pasajera.

32 M y desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord;

Sin embargo, quiero que estén libres de preocupación. El soltero se preocupa por las cosas del Señor, cómo puede agradar al Señor.

33 B ut the married man is anxious about worldly matters—how he may please his wife—

Pero el casado se preocupa por las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su mujer,

34 A nd he is drawn in diverging directions. And the unmarried woman or girl is concerned and anxious about the matters of the Lord, how to be wholly separated and set apart in body and spirit; but the married woman has her cares in earthly affairs—how she may please her husband.

y sus intereses están divididos. La mujer que no está casada y la virgen se preocupan por las cosas del Señor, para ser santas tanto en cuerpo como en espíritu; pero la casada se preocupa por las cosas del mundo, de cómo agradar a su marido.

35 N ow I say this for your own welfare and profit, not to put restraint upon you, but to promote what is seemly and in good order and to secure your undistracted and undivided devotion to the Lord.

Esto digo para su propio beneficio; no para ponerles restricción, sino para promover lo que es honesto y para asegurar su constante devoción al Señor.

36 B ut if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward and in regard to his virgin, in case she is passing the bloom of her youth and if there is need for it, let him do what to him seems right; he does not sin; let them marry.

Y si alguien cree que no está obrando correctamente con respecto a su hija virgen, si ella es de edad madura, y si es necesario que así se haga, que haga lo que quiera, no peca; que se case.

37 B ut whoever is firmly established in his heart, not being forced by necessity but having control over his own will and desire, and has resolved this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he is doing well.

Pero el que está firme en su corazón, y sin presión alguna, y tiene control sobre su propia voluntad, y ha decidido en su corazón conservar virgen a su hija, bien hará.

38 S o also then, he who gives his virgin (his daughter) in marriage does well, and he who does not give in marriage does better.

Así los dos, el que da en matrimonio a su hija virgen, hace bien; y el que no la da en matrimonio, hace mejor.

39 A wife is bound to her husband by law as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

La mujer está ligada mientras el marido vive; pero si el marido muere, está en libertad de casarse con quien desee, sólo que sea en el Señor.

40 B ut in my opinion is happier (more blessed and to be envied) if she does not remarry. And also I think I have the Spirit of God.

Pero en mi opinión, será más feliz si se queda como está. Y creo que yo también tengo el Espíritu de Dios.