1 ¶ Y él os hizo vivir a vosotros, estando muertos en vuestros delitos y pecados,

And you, when you were dead (slain) by trespasses and sins

2 e n que en otro tiempo anduvisteis conforme a la condición de este mundo, conforme a la voluntad del príncipe de la potestad de este aire, el espíritu que ahora obra en los hijos de desobediencia,

In which at one time you walked. You were following the course and fashion of this world, following the prince of the power of the air. the spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience.

3 e ntre los cuales todos nosotros también vivimos en otro tiempo en los deseos de nuestra carne, haciendo la voluntad de la carne y de la mente; y éramos por naturaleza hijos de ira, también como los demás.

Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh, obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind. We were then by nature children of wrath and heirs of indignation, like the rest of mankind.

4 ¶ Pero Dios, que es rico en misericordia, por su mucha caridad con que nos amó,

But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,

5 a un estando nosotros muertos en pecados, nos dio vida juntamente con el Cristo; por cuya gracia sois salvos;

Even when we were dead (slain) by shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).

6 y juntamente nos resucitó, y asimismo nos hizo sentar en lugares celestiales en Cristo Jesús,

And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together '> joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

7 p ara mostrar en los siglos venideros las abundantes riquezas de su gracia en su bondad para con nosotros en Cristo Jesús.

He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 P orque por gracia sois salvos por la fe; y esto no de vosotros, pues es don de Dios;

For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through faith. And this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God;

9 n o por obras, para que nadie se gloríe.

Not because of works, lest any man should boast.

10 P orque somos hechura suya, creados en Cristo Jesús para buenas obras, las cuales Dios preparó para que andemos en ellas.

For we are God’s handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us, that we should walk in them.

11 ¶ Por tanto, acordaos que en otro tiempo vosotros erais gentiles en carne, que erais llamados incircuncisión de la que se llama circuncisión en carne, la cual se hace con mano;

Therefore, remember that at one time you were Gentiles (heathens) in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by those who called themselves Circumcision, '> mere mark] in the flesh made by human hands.

12 q ue en aquel tiempo estabais sin Cristo, alejados de la república de Israel, y extranjeros a los Pactos de la promesa, sin esperanza y sin Dios en el mundo.

that you were at that time separated (living apart) from Christ, utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the promise. And you had no hope (no promise); you were in the world without God.

13 P ero ahora en Cristo Jesús, vosotros que en otro tiempo estabais lejos, habéis sido hechos cercanos por la sangre del Cristo.

But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near.

14 ¶ Porque él es nuestra paz, que de ambos hizo uno, deshaciendo la pared intermedia de separación;

For He is our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both one, and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us,

15 d eshaciendo en su carne las enemistades, que eran la ley de los mandamientos en orden a ritos, para edificar en sí mismo los dos en un nuevo hombre, haciendo la paz,

By abolishing in His flesh the enmity the Law with its decrees and ordinances; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man, so making peace.

16 y reconciliando a ambos con Dios por el madero en un mismo cuerpo, matando en ella las enemistades.

And to reconcile to God both in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.

17 Y vino, y anunció la paz a vosotros que estabais lejos, y a los que estaban cerca;

And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

18 q ue por él los unos y los otros tenemos entrada por un mismo Espíritu al Padre.

For it is through Him that we both now have an introduction (access) by one Spirit to the Father.

19 A sí que ya no sois extranjeros y advenedizos, sino juntamente ciudadanos con los santos, y domésticos de Dios;

Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God’s household.

20 s obreedificados sobre el fundamento de los apóstoles y de los profetas, siendo la principal piedra del ángulo, Jesús, el Cristo;

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone.

21 e n el cual, compaginado todo el edificio, va creciendo para ser un Templo Santo en el Señor;

In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord.

22 e n el cual vosotros también sois juntamente edificados, por morada de Dios en el Espíritu.

In Him you yourselves also are being built up with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.