1 ¶ Estad, pues, firmes en la libertad en que Cristo nos hizo libres, y no volváis otra vez a estar presos en el yugo de servidumbre.

In freedom Christ has made us free; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery.

2 H e aquí, yo Pablo os digo, que si os circuncidareis, Cristo no os aprovechará nada.

Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you '> for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him].

3 Y otra vez vuelvo a protestar a todo hombre que se circuncidare, que está obligado a hacer toda la ley.

I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances.

4 V acíos sois del Cristo los que por la ley os justificáis; de la gracia habéis caído.

If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God’s gracious favor and unmerited blessing).

5 P orque nosotros por el Espíritu aguardamos la esperanza de la justicia por la fe.

For we, through the Spirit’s, by faith anticipate and wait for the blessing and good for which our righteousness and right standing with God '> conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action, causes us] to hope.

6 P orque en el Cristo Jesús ni la circuncisión vale algo, ni la incircuncisión; sino la fe que obra por la caridad.

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.

7 V osotros corríais bien, ¿quién os embarazó para no obedecer a la verdad?

You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth?

8 E sta persuasión no es de aquel que os llama.

This persuasion is not from Him Who called you.

9 U n poco de levadura leuda toda la masa.

A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump.

10 Y o confío de vosotros en el Señor, que ninguna otra cosa sentiréis; mas el que os inquieta, llevará el juicio, quienquiera que él sea.

I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no contrary view of the matter but will come to think with me. But he who is unsettling you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty.

11 Y yo, hermanos, si aún predico la circuncisión, ¿por qué padezco persecución todavía? Pues que quitado es el escándalo del madero.

But, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still suffering persecution? In that case the cross has ceased to be a stumbling block and is made meaningless (done away).

12 D eseo que fueran también cortados los que os inquietan.

I wish those who unsettle and confuse you would '> go all the way and] cut themselves off!

13 ¶ Porque vosotros, hermanos, a libertad habéis sido llamados; solamente que no uséis la libertad como ocasión a la carne, sino servíos por la caridad los unos a los otros.

For you, brethren, were called to freedom; only freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse '> selfishness], but through love you should serve one another.

14 P orque toda la ley en esta sola palabra se cumple: Amarás a tu projimo como a ti mismo.

For the whole Law is complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

15 Y si os mordéis y os coméis los unos a los otros, mirad que también no os consumáis los unos a los otros.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another.

16 D igo pues: Andad en el Espíritu, y no satisfagáis los deseos de la carne.

But I say, walk and live in the Spirit; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).

17 P orque la carne codicia contra el Espíritu, y el Espíritu contra la carne; y estas cosas se oponen la una a la otra, para que no hagáis lo que quisierais.

For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other, so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.

18 P ero si sois guiados del Espíritu, no estáis bajo la ley.

But if you are guided (led) by the Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.

19 Y manifiestas son las obras de la carne, que son: adulterio, fornicación, inmundicia, disolución,

Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,

20 i dolatría, hechicerías, enemistades, pleitos, celos, iras, contiendas, disensiones, herejías,

Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies),

21 e nvidias, homicidios, borracheras, orgías, y cosas semejantes a éstas; de las cuales os denuncio, como ya os he anunciado, que los que hacen tales cosas no heredarán el Reino de Dios.

Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 M as el fruto del Espíritu es: caridad, gozo, paz, tolerancia, benignidad, bondad, fe,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,

23 m ansedumbre, templanza; contra tales cosas no hay ley.

Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law '> that can bring a charge].

24 P orque los que son del Cristo, han colgado en el madero a la carne con sus afectos y concupiscencias.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.

25 S i vivimos por el Espíritu, andemos también en el Espíritu.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. '> we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]

26 N o seamos codiciosos de vanagloria, irritándose los unos a los otros, envidiándose los unos a los otros.

Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another.