1 ¶ Pablo, llamado a ser apóstol de Jesús, el Cristo por la voluntad de Dios; y el hermano Sóstenes,

Paul, summoned by the will and purpose of God to be an apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,

2 a la Iglesia de Dios que está en Corinto, santificados en Cristo Jesús, llamados santos, y a todos los que invocan el Nombre del Señor nuestro, Jesús el Cristo, en cualquier lugar, Señor de ellos y nuestro;

To the church (assembly) of God which is in Corinth, to those consecrated and purified and made holy in Christ Jesus, selected and called to be saints (God’s people), together with all those who in any place call upon and give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

3 G racia y paz tengáis de Dios nuestro Padre, y del Señor Jesús el Cristo.

Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 G racias doy a mi Dios siempre por vosotros, por la gracia de Dios que os es dada en Cristo Jesús;

I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,

5 q ue en todas las cosas sois enriquecidos en él, en toda palabra y en toda ciencia;

that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech and complete knowledge and illumination.

6 c on lo cual el testimonio del Cristo ha sido confirmado en vosotros,

In this way witnessing concerning Christ (the Messiah) was so confirmed and established and made sure in you

7 d e tal manera que nada os falte en ningún don, esperando la manifestación del Señor nuestro, Jesús el Cristo;

That you are not falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace '> the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and being made visible to all.

8 e l cual también os confirmará que permanezcáis sin pecado hasta el fin, hasta en el día de nuestro Señor, Jesucristo.

And He will establish you to the end guiltless and irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

9 F iel es Dios, por el cual sois llamados a la confraternidad de su Hijo, Jesús el Cristo, Señor nuestro.

God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 ¶ Todavía, hermanos, os ruego por el Nombre del Señor nuestro, Jesús el Cristo, que habléis todos una misma cosa, y que no haya entre vosotros divisiones, antes seáis perfectos, unidos en un mismo entendimiento y en un mismo parecer.

But I urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissensions or factions or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments.

11 P orque me ha sido declarado de vosotros, hermanos míos, por los que son de Cloé, que hay entre vosotros contiendas;

For it has been made clear to me, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions and wrangling and factions among you.

12 q uiero decir, que cada uno de vosotros dice: Yo soy de Pablo; pues yo de Apolos; y yo de Cefas; y yo de Cristo.

What I mean is this, that each one of you says, I belong to Paul, or I belong to Apollos, or I belong to Cephas (Peter), or I belong to Christ.

13 ¿ Está dividido el Cristo? ¿Fue colgado en el madero Pablo por vosotros? ¿O habéis sido bautizados en el nombre de Pablo?

Is Christ (the Messiah) divided into parts? Was Paul crucified on behalf of you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

14 ¶ Doy gracias a Dios, que a ninguno de vosotros he bautizado, sino a Crispo y a Gayo;

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

15 p ara que ninguno diga que habéis sido bautizados en mi nombre.

Lest anyone should say that I baptized in my own name.

16 Y también bauticé la casa de Estéfanas; mas no sé si he bautizado algún otro.

I did baptize the household of Stephanas also. More than these, I do not remember that I baptized anyone.

17 ¶ Porque no me envió Cristo a bautizar, sino a predicar el Evangelio; no en sabiduría de palabras, para que no sea hecho vano el madero del Cristo.

For Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect).

18 P orque la Palabra del madero a la verdad es locura a los que se pierden; mas a los que se salvan, es a decir, a nosotros, es potencia de Dios.

For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the the power of God.

19 P orque está escrito: Destruiré la sabiduría de los sabios, y reprobaré la inteligencia de los entendidos.

For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify and bring to nothing.

20 ¿ Qué es del sabio? ¿Qué del escriba? ¿Qué del filósofo de este siglo? ¿No ha enloquecido Dios la sabiduría de este mundo?

Where is the wise man (the philosopher)? Where is the scribe (the scholar)? Where is the investigator (the logician, the debater) of this present time and age? Has not God shown up the nonsense and the folly of this world’s wisdom?

21 P orque en la sabiduría de Dios, por no haber el mundo conocido a Dios por sabiduría, agradó a Dios salvar a los creyentes por la locura de la predicación.

For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him).

22 P orque los judíos piden señales, y los griegos buscan sabiduría;

For while Jews ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue philosophy and wisdom,

23 p ero nosotros predicamos a Cristo colgado en el madero, que es a los judíos ciertamente tropezadero, y a los gentiles locura;

We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block, and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly unphilosophical nonsense.

24 p ero a los llamados, así judíos como griegos, Cristo es potencia de Dios, y sabiduría de Dios.

But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ the Power of God and the Wisdom of God.

25 P orque lo loco de Dios es más sabio que los hombres; y lo flaco de Dios es más fuerte que los hombres.

because the foolish thing God is wiser than men, and the weak thing from God is stronger than men.

26 P orque mirad, hermanos, vuestra vocación: que no sois muchos sabios según la carne, no muchos poderosos, no muchos nobles;

For consider your own call, brethren; not many wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.

27 a ntes lo que es la locura del mundo escogió Dios, para avergonzar a los sabios; y lo que es la flaqueza del mundo escogió Dios, para avergonzar lo fuerte;

for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.

28 y lo vil del mundo y lo menospreciado escogió Dios; y lo que no es, para deshacer lo que es,

And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are,

29 p ara que ninguna carne se jacte en su presencia.

So that no mortal man should boast in the presence of God.

30 D e él sin embargo vosotros sois renacidos en Cristo Jesús, el cual nos es hecho de Dios sabiduría, y justicia, y santificación, y redención;

But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, our Righteousness, and our Consecration, and our Redemption.

31 p ara que, como está escrito: El que se gloríe, gloríese en el Señor.

So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.