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

Después, pasados catorce años, subí otra vez a Jerusalén con Bernabé, llevando también conmigo 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.

Pero subí según una revelación, y les expuse el evangelio que predico entre los gentiles, pero lo hice en privado a los que figuraban como dirigentes, no sea que yo esté corriendo o haya 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.

Mas ni aun Tito, que estaba conmigo, con todo y ser griego, fue obligado a circuncidarse.

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 fue por causa de los falsos hermanos infiltrados solapadamente, que habían entrado para espiar nuestra libertad que tenemos en Cristo Jesús, a fin de reducirnos 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 accedimos a someternos, para que la verdad del evangelio sea salvaguardada para vosotros.

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.

Pero de parte de los que parecían ser algo (lo que eran entonces nada me importa; Dios no hace acepción de personas), a mí, pues, los que figuraban nada nuevo me dieron;

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 que, por el contrario, como vieron que me había sido confiado el evangelio de la incircuncisión, como a Pedro el de la circuncisión

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

(pues el que actuó en Pedro para el apostolado de la circuncisión, actuó también en mí para con 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.

y reconociendo la gracia que me había sido dada, Jacobo, Cefas y Juan, que eran considerados como columnas, nos dieron a mí y a Bernabé la diestra en señal de compañerismo, para que nosotros fuésemos 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.

Solamente nos pidieron que nos acordásemos de los pobres; lo cual yo también procuré hacerlo con diligencia. Pablo reprende a Pedro en Antioquía

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

Pero cuando Pedro vino a Antioquía, le resistí cara a cara, porque se había hecho digno de reprensión.

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.

Pues antes que viniesen algunos de parte de Jacobo, comía con los gentiles; pero después que vinieron, se retraía y se separaba, porque tenía miedo de 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 de su simulación participaron también los demás judíos, de tal manera que aun Bernabé fue también 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 rectamente conforme a la verdad del evangelio, dije a Pedro delante de todos: Si tú, siendo judío, vives como los gentiles y no como judío, ¿cómo obligas a los gentiles a judaizar?

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

Nosotros, 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.

sabiendo que el hombre no es justificado a base de las obras de la ley, sino por medio de la fe de Jesucristo, nosotros también hemos creído en Cristo Jesús, para ser justificados a base de la fe de Cristo y no de las obras de la ley, por cuanto nadie será justificado a base de las obras de la ley.

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!

Y si buscando ser justificados en Cristo, también nosotros hemos sido hallados pecadores, ¿es por eso Cristo ministro de pecado? ¡En ninguna manera!

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

Porque si vuelvo a edificar las mismas cosas que destruí, me constituyo transgresor.

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

Porque por medio de la ley yo he muerto para 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 estoy juntamente crucificado, y ya no vivo yo, sino que Cristo vive en mí; y lo que ahora vivo en la carne, lo vivo en la fe del 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 desecho la gracia de Dios; pues si por medio de la ley se obtuviese la justicia, entonces Cristo murió en vano.