1 F ourteen years later I went again to Jerusalem. This time I took Barnabas. Titus went with us also.

Entonces, después de catorce años, subí otra vez a Jerusalén con Bernabé, llevando también a Tito.

2 G od showed me in a special way I should go. I spoke to them about the Good News that I preach among the people who are not Jews. First of all, I talked alone to the important church leaders. I wanted them to know what I was preaching. I did not want that which I was doing or would be doing to be wasted.

Subí por causa de una revelación y les presenté el evangelio que predico entre los Gentiles, pero lo hice en privado a los que tenían alta reputación, para asegurarme de que no corría ni había corrido en vano.

3 T itus was with me. Even being a Greek, he did not have to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew.

Pero ni aun Tito, que estaba conmigo, fue obligado a circuncidarse, aunque era Griego.

4 S ome men who called themselves Christians asked about this. They got in our meeting without being asked. They came there to find out how free we are who belong to Christ. They tried to get us to be chained to the Law.

Y esto fue por causa de los falsos hermanos introducidos secretamente, que se habían infiltrado para espiar la libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús, a fin de someternos a esclavitud,

5 B ut we did not listen to them or do what they wanted us to do so the truth of the Good News might be yours.

a los cuales ni por un momento cedimos, para no someternos, a fin de que la verdad del evangelio permanezca con ustedes.

6 T hose who seemed to be important church leaders did not help me. They did not teach me anything new. What they were, I do not care. God looks on us all as being the same.

Y de aquéllos que tenían reputación de ser algo (lo que eran, nada me importa; Dios no hace acepción de personas ); pues bien, los que tenían reputación, nada me enseñaron (contribuyeron).

7 A nyway, they saw how I had been given the work of preaching the Good News to the people who are not Jews, as Peter had been given the work of preaching the Good News to the Jews.

Sino al contrario, vieron que se me había encomendado el evangelio a los de la incircuncisión, así como Pedro lo había sido a los de la circuncisión.

8 F or God helped Peter work with the Jews. He also helped me work with those who are not Jews.

(Porque Aquél que obró eficazmente para con Pedro en su apostolado a los de la circuncisión, también obró eficazmente para conmigo en mi apostolado a los Gentiles.)

9 J ames and Peter and John were thought of as being the head church leaders. They could see that God’s loving-favor had been given to me. Barnabas and I were joined together with them by shaking hands. Then we were sent off to work with the people who are not Jews. They were to work with the Jews.

Al reconocer la gracia que se me había dado, Jacobo (Santiago), Pedro (Cefas) y Juan, que eran considerados como columnas, nos dieron a mí y a Bernabé la diestra de compañerismo, para que nosotros fuéramos a los Gentiles y ellos a los de la circuncisión.

10 T hey asked us to do only one thing. We were to remember to help poor people. I think this is important also.

Sólo nos pidieron que nos acordáramos de los pobres, lo mismo que yo estaba también deseoso de hacer. Judíos y Gentiles Justificados por la Fe

11 B ut when Peter came to Antioch, I had to stand up against him because he was guilty.

Pero cuando Pedro (Cefas) vino a Antioquía, me opuse a él cara a cara, porque él era digno de ser censurado.

12 P eter had been eating with the people who are not Jews. But after some men came who had been with James, he kept away from them. He was afraid of those who believe in the religious act of becoming a Jew.

Porque antes de venir algunos de parte de Jacobo (Santiago), él comía con los Gentiles, pero cuando aquéllos vinieron, Pedro empezó a retraerse y apartarse, porque temía a los de la circuncisión.

13 T hen the rest of the Jews followed him because they were afraid to do what they knew they should do. Even Barnabas was fooled by those who pretended to be someone they were not.

Y el resto de los Judíos se le unió en su hipocresía, de tal manera que aun Bernabé fue arrastrado por la hipocresía de ellos.

14 W hen I saw they were not honest about the truth of the Good News, I spoke to Peter in front of them all. I said, “If you are a Jew, but live like the people who are not Jews, why do you make the people who are not Jews live like the Jews?”

Pero cuando vi que no andaban con rectitud en cuanto a la verdad del evangelio, dije a Pedro (Cefas) delante de todos: “Si tú, siendo Judío, vives como los Gentiles y no como los Judíos, ¿por qué obligas a los Gentiles a vivir como Judíos?

15 Y ou and I were born Jews. We were not sinners from among the people who are not Jews.

“Nosotros somos Judíos de nacimiento y no pecadores de entre los Gentiles.

16 E ven so, we know we cannot become right with God by obeying the Law. A man is made right with God by putting his trust in Jesus Christ. For that reason, we have put our trust in Jesus Christ also. We have been made right with God because of our faith in Christ and not by obeying the Law. No man can be made right with God by obeying the Law.

Sin embargo, sabiendo que el hombre no es justificado por las obras de la Ley, sino mediante la fe en Cristo Jesús, también nosotros hemos creído en Cristo Jesús, para que seamos justificados por la fe en Cristo, y no por las obras de la Ley. Puesto que por las obras de la Ley nadie será justificado.

17 A s we try to become right with God by what Christ has done for us, what if we find we are sinners also? Does that mean Christ makes us sinners? No! Never!

Pero si buscando ser justificados en Cristo, también nosotros hemos sido hallados pecadores, ¿es Cristo, entonces, ministro de pecado? ¡De ningún modo!

18 B ut if I work toward being made right with God by keeping the Law, then I make myself a sinner.

Porque si yo reedifico lo que en otro tiempo destruí, yo mismo resulto transgresor.

19 T he Law has no power over me. I am dead to the Law. Now I can live for God.

Pues mediante la Ley yo morí a la Ley, a fin de vivir para Dios.

20 I have been put up on the cross to die with Christ. I no longer live. Christ lives in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by putting my trust in the Son of God. He was the One Who loved me and gave Himself for me.

“Con Cristo he sido crucificado, y ya no soy yo el que vive, sino que Cristo vive en mí; y la vida que ahora vivo en la carne, la vivo por la fe en el Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó y se entregó a sí mismo por mí.

21 I say that we are not to put aside the loving-favor of God. If we could be made right with God by keeping the Law, then Christ died for nothing.

No hago nula la gracia de Dios, porque si la justicia viene por medio de la Ley, entonces Cristo murió en vano.”