1 ¶ Yo, pues, preso en el Señor, os ruego que andéis como es digno de la vocación con que sois llamados;

I therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God’s service,

2 ¶ con toda humildad y mansedumbre, con tolerancia, soportándoos los unos a los otros en caridad;

Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another.

3 s olícitos a guardar la unidad del Espíritu en el vínculo de la paz.

Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of the Spirit in the binding power of peace.

4 H ay un cuerpo, y un espíritu; como sois también llamados en una misma esperanza de vuestra vocación;

one body and one Spirit—just as there is also one hope to the calling you received—

5 u n Señor, una fe, un bautismo,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 u n Dios y Padre de todos, el cual es sobre todas las cosas, y por todas las cosas, y en todos vosotros.

One God and Father of all, Who is above all, pervading all and in all.

7 P ero a cada uno de nosotros es dada la gracia conforme a la medida del don del Cristo.

Yet grace (God’s unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually in proportion to the measure of Christ’s gift.

8 P or lo cual dice: Subiendo a lo alto, llevó cautiva la cautividad, y dio dones a los hombres.

Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive '> vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men.

9 ( Y que subió, ¿qué es, sino que también había descendido primero en las partes más bajas de la tierra?

Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from heaven into, the lower parts of the earth?

10 E l que descendió, él mismo es el que también subió sobre todos los cielos para cumplir todas las cosas.)

He Who descended is the same as He Who also has ascended high above all the heavens, that He might fill all things (the whole universe, from the lowest to the highest).

11 Y él dio unos, apóstoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; a otros, pastores y maestros;

And His gifts were some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.

12 c on el fin de perfeccionar a los santos en la obra del ministerio, para edificación del cuerpo del Cristo;

His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),

13 h asta que todos salgamos en unidad de la fe y del conocimiento del Hijo de Dios, en varón perfecto, a la medida de la edad cumplida del Cristo;

until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the '> full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.

14 q ue ya no seamos niños inconstantes, y seamos atraídos a todo viento de doctrina por maldad de hombres que engañan con astutos errores;

So then, we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.

15 a ntes siguiendo la verdad en caridad, crezcamos en todo en aquel que es la cabeza, el Cristo;

Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

16 d el cual, todo el cuerpo compuesto y bien ligado entre sí por el alimento que cada vínculo suministre, que recibe según la operación de cada miembro conforme a su medida, toma aumento de cuerpo edificándose en caridad.

For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.

17 ¶ Así que esto digo, y requiero en el Señor, que no andéis más como los otros gentiles, que andan en la vanidad de su sentido.

So this I say and solemnly testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness of their minds.

18 T eniendo el entendimiento entenebrecido, ajenos de la vida de Dios por la ignorancia que en ellos hay, por la ceguedad de su corazón;

Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart.

19 l os cuales después que perdieron el sentido de la conciencia, se entregaron a la desvergüenza para cometer con avidez toda suerte de impureza.

In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity.

20 M as vosotros no habéis aprendido así a Cristo;

But you did not so learn Christ!

21 s i empero lo habéis oído, y habéis sido por él enseñados, como la verdad está en Jesús,

Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as Truth is in Jesus,

22 a que dejéis, en cuanto a la pasada manera de vivir; es a saber el viejo hombre que se corrompe conforme a los deseos del error;

Strip yourselves of your former nature which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;

23 y a renovaros en el espíritu de vuestro entendimiento,

And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 y vestir el nuevo hombre que es creado conforme a Dios en justicia y en santidad de la verdad.

And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, in true righteousness and holiness.

25 P or lo cual, dejando la mentira, hablad verdad cada uno con su prójimo; porque somos miembros los unos de los otros.

Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another.

26 A iraos, pero no pequéis; no se ponga el sol sobre vuestro enojo;

When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.

27 n i deis lugar al diablo.

Leave no room or foothold for the devil.

28 E l que hurtaba, no hurte más; antes trabaje, obrando con sus manos lo que es bueno, para que tenga de qué dar al que padeciere necesidad.

Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

29 N inguna palabra corrompida salga de vuestra boca, sino la que sea buena para edificación, para que dé gracia a los oyentes.

Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk come out of your mouth, but only such as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it.

30 Y no contristéis al Espíritu Santo de Dios, con el cual estáis sellados para el día de la redención.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin).

31 T oda amargura, enojo, ira, gritería, y maledicencia sea quitada de vosotros y toda malicia;

Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).

32 a ntes sed los unos con los otros benignos, misericordiosos, perdonándoos los unos a los otros, como también Dios os perdonó en el Cristo.

And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.