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Pablo tetlacanonotza quen ijqui nonequi nemisquej yejhuan nonamictiaj

Aman nemechnanquilia yejhua ica on tlen tlajtlamach onennechtlajtoltijquej ipan nemotlajcuilolamau. Melahuac cuajli yesquia para se tlacatl xnonamictisquia. Pero pampa miyequej ahuilnemij, más cuajli para cada tlacatl quipias isihuau, niman cada sihuatl quipias ihuehuentzin. On tehuehuentzin nonequi quimactilis isihuau nochi tlen nonequi quiselis. Niman on tesihuau no ijqui nonequi quimactilis ihuehuentzin nochi tlen nonequi quiselis. Ijcuac on sihuatl nonamictia, xoc yejhua iyaxca on itlalnacayo, yej quimactilia ihuehuentzin. Sa no ijqui, tej, on tlacatl ijcuac nonamictia, xoc yejhua iyaxca on itlalnacayo, yej quimactilia on isihuau. Ma ca xmonenequican nennemisquej quen nemij on yehuan yononamictijquej. Pero tla saman nenquitlapejpeniaj nemoxelosquej se tiempo para san ica nemocahuasquej nenquichihuasquej oración, huelis para nemonenequisquej tla achtoj san se nemoyojlo nenquipiaj. Pero tla yotlan nenquichihuaj oración, más cuajli para ocsejpa nemohuicasquej quen quitocarohua nemij on yejhuan yononamictijquej. Ijcon xchihuacan para ma ca itlaj ica mechtlajcalis Satanás ipan tlajtlacojli.

On tlen yonemechtlajcuilhuij xquijtosnequi ica nemechnahuatia para xmonamictican, yej nemechcahuilia. Sa no nejhua nicnequisquia para ma ca xmonamictican quen nejhua xninonamictia, pero nochi tisesentlamantiquej. Sequimej Dios oquintlayocolij insihuau noso inhuehuentzin, niman ocsequimej oquintlayocolij impaquilis masqui xnonamictiaj.

Aman nemechnotza nemejhuamej yejhuan xnemonamictiaj niman nemejhuamej yejhuan nencahualtzitzintin. Nemechijlia ica más cuajli yesquia tla no ijqui nocahuasquiaj quen nejhua. Pero tla xhueli nemoteltlaliaj, xmonamictican, pampa más cuajli nemonamictisquej xquen nenquipiasquej elehuilistli hasta campa xoc hueli.

10 Aman nicpia se tlanahuatijli para on yejhuan yononamictijquej. In xejhua notlanahuatil, yej itlanahuatil toTeco. On tlanahuatijli sa no yejhua in. On sihuatl ma ca ma nocacahua noso noxotoni ihuan ihuehuentzin. 11 Pero tla se sihuatl nocacahua noso noxotonia ihuan ihuehuentzin, ma ca ma nonamicti ihuan ocse tlacatl, noso tla hueli ma noyoltlali ihuan ihuehuentzin. Niman no ijqui on tlacatl ma ca ma nocacahua noso noxotoni ihuan isihuau.

12 Niman para on ocsequimej niquinnahuatia, xican itlajtol toTeco, yej ican notlajtol, ica tla se tocniu quipia isihuau yejhuan xquineltoca Cristo, niman on sihuatl masqui ijcon paqui para ihuan chanti, ma ca ma nocacahua noso noxotoni ihuan. 13 Niman tla yej, yejhua on tocniu sihuatl quipia ihuehuentzin yejhuan xtlaneltoca, niman on tlacatl masqui ijcon paqui para ihuan chanti, ma ca ma nocacahua noso noxotoni ihuan. 14 Ijcon ma quichihua pampa se tlacatl yejhuan xquineltoca Cristo quiselia se tlatiochihualistli itech Dios pampa isihuau quineltoca Cristo. Niman no ijqui se sihuatl yejhuan xtlaneltoca quiselia se tlatiochihualistli pampa ihuehuentzin tlaneltoca. Tla xijcon yesquia, inconehuan xhuelisquiaj quiselisquiaj itlatiochihualis Dios, pero aman quiseliaj. 15 Pero tla on tehuehuentzin noso on tesihuau yejhuan xtlaneltoca yejhua quinequi tecahuas noso noxotonis, ma quichihua. Ijcon, tej, on tocniu tlacatl noso on tocniu sihuatl nocahuas tlamacajtli, pampa Dios otechnotz para tinemisquej ican yolsehuilistli. 16 Sihuatl, tejhua xticmati, pero cas mohuehuentzin quiselis temaquixtilistli san mopampa. Noso tejhua tlacatl, tejhua xticmati, pero cas mosihuau quiselis temaquixtilistli san mopampa.

Nonequi tinemisquej quen Dios otechnotz

17 Cada se ma nohuica quen toTeco oquitlalij ipan itequiu, niman ma nemi quen nemiya ijcuac opeu quineltoca Cristo. Yejhua in nitlanahuatia ipan nochi on tiopantin. 18 In se ejemplo. Tla yacaj ye quipiaya on nescayotl ipan inacayo itoca circuncisión ijcuac opeu quineltoca Cristo, ma ijqui nocahua. Niman tla yacaj xquipiaya on nescayotl ijcuac opeu quineltoca Cristo, ma ijqui nocahua 19 pampa xitlaj quijtosnequi tla ticpias circuncisión noso ca. Yej hueyi quijtosnequi tla tictlacamatis itlanahuatilhuan Dios. 20 Cada se, tej, nonequi nemis quen nemiya ijcuac opeu quineltoca Cristo. 21 Tla yacaj tlanamactli catca ijcuac oquineltocac Cristo, ma ca ma nopajsolo yejhua ica on. Pero tla yejhua quita ica huelis quimacahuasquej, ma quichihua canica para xoc tlanamactli yes. 22 Ijcon cuajli para quichihuas, pampa ijcuac se tlanamactli quineltoca Cristo, nocahua tlamacactli itech ipoder Satanás. Sa no ijqui, on tlacatl yejhuan xtlanamactli catca itech se tlacatl yejhuan iteco, nocuepa itlanamacau Cristo ijcuac pehua quineltoca. 23 Sanoyej patioj omechcou Cristo. Yejhua ica ma ca xmocahuilican mechpiacan tlanamactin on tlacamej. 24 Ijcon, tej, nocnihuan, cada se de nemejhuamej xnemican quen nemiya ijcuac onenpejquej nenquineltocaj Cristo, niman xmohuicacan ihuan Dios.

Pablo quintlacanonotza on yejhuan xtehuan nemi niman on cacahualtin

25 Aman nemechnotza on yejhuan xe nonamictiaj. ToTeco xoquijtoj on tlen cuajli para ticchihuasquej, yej nemechijlia tlen nejhua nicnemilia. Niman nicnemilia ica nechmelahua nenquitlalisquej nemoyojlo notech ipampa on hueyi teicnelilistli yejhuan toTeco yonechmacac. 26 Nejhua nicnemilia ica se tlacatl noso se sihuatl más cuajli nocahuas quen aman nemi. Ijquin nicnemilia ipampa on xcuajli tonaltin yejhuan ticpanohuaj. 27 Tla yotimonamictij, ma ca tehuan timocacahuas. Niman tla xe timonamictia, ma ca xnejnequi timonamictis. 28 Pero tla se tlacatl nonamictia, xtlajtlacohua. Niman tla se ichpochtli nonamictia, no xtlajtlacohua. Pero on yehuan nonamictiaj tlajtlamach quimpajsolohua ipan in nemilistli, niman nejhua nicnequisquia ma ca ma quipiacan.

29 Nocnihuan, tlinon nejhua niquijtosnequi sa no yejhua in: xoc ticpiaj miyec tonaltin. Yejhua ica ipan in quesqui tonaltin, on yejhuan yononamictijquej ma nemican quen xnonamictisquiaj para ma quichihuacan itequiu toTeco. 30 On yejhuan najmanaj, ma nemican quen xnajmanasquiaj, niman on yejhuan paquij, ma nemican quen xpaquisquiaj, niman on yejhuan tlacohuaj, ma nemican quen xinyaxca yesquia on tlen quicohuaj. 31 On tlacamej yejhuan quinyoltilana niman quinpactia on tlajtlamach yejhuan quisa ipan in tlalticpactli, xquitocarohua ica nopactisquej on tlajtlamach, pampa on nochi san panos niman tlamis.

32 Nicnequisquia para ma ca xconmatztiacan on tlajtlamach yejhuan oncaj ipan in tlalticpactli. On yejhuan xsihuahuaj notequimaca ica on tlajtlamach yejhuan oncaj ipan itequiu toTeco pampa yejhuamej quinequij quipactisquej. 33 Pero on yejhuan sihuahuaj, notequimaca ica on tlajtlamach yejhuan oncaj ipan in tlalticpactli pampa yejhua quinequi quipactis isihuau. 34 No ijqui, tej, ocse tlamantic notequimaca on sihuatl yejhuan tehuan nemi niman on yejhuan ichpochtli. On yejhuan ichpochtli notequimaca ica on tlajtlamach yejhuan oncaj ipan itequiu toTeco para ijqui yejyejticaj itech Dios sanquen ican itlalnacayo niman ialma. Pero on sihuatl yejhuan tehuan nemi, notequimaca ica on tlajtlamach yejhuan oncaj ipan in tlalticpactli para quipactia ihuehuentzin.

35 Yejhua in tlen niquijtohua, niquijtohua para nemechpalehuis, xpara yej nemechteltlalis ica nemonamictisquej. Nicnequisquia xnemican cuajli, niman xmotemacacan ican nochi nemoyojlo ipan itequiu toTeco.

36 Pero tla yacaj tajtli quinemilia ica más cuajli para se ichpoch ma nonamicti pampa ye ichpochlamajtzintitiu niman quita ica más cuajli para nonamictis, ma quichihua on tajtli quen yejhua quinequis. Huelis nonamictis, yejhua on xtlajtlacojli. 37 Pero tla ocse tajtli ican nochi iyojlo niman xpampa polihui, yej iselti quinemilia ica cuajli niman quisetlalia ipan iyojlo para quejehuas ichpoch nochipa iselti, cuajli quichihua. 38 Ijcon, tej, on yejhuan quinamictia ichpoch cuajli quichihua, pero on yejhuan xquinamictia ichpoch más cuajli quichihua.

39 On sihuatl yejhuan tehuan nemi, nemi quen salijticaj ica on tlanahuatijli ihuan ihuehuentzin chica on ihuehuentzin nemi. Pero tla on ihuehuentzin yomic, yejhua huelis ocsejpa nonamictis san aquinon ihuan quinequis. Pero tla nonamictis, ma quichihua ihuan se yejhuan quineltoca toTeco. 40 Pero nicnemilia ica más nemisquia ican pactli, tla xoc nonamictisquia. Niman no nicnemilia ica iEspíritu Dios onechmacac tetlacanonotzajli yejhuan yonemechmacac.

Concerning Married Life

Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(A) But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(B) and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(C) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(D) will not tempt you(E) because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command.(F) I wish that all of you were as I am.(G) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(H)

Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(I) But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(J) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(K) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(L) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(M) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(N)

15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(O) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(P) your husband?(Q) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Concerning Change of Status

17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(R) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(S) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(T) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(U) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(V)

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(W) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(X) 23 You were bought at a price;(Y) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(Z)

Concerning the Unmarried

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(AA) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(AB) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(AC) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(AD) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(AE) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(AF) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(AG)

32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(AH)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(AI) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(AJ) devotion to the Lord.

36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[b] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(AK) They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right,(AL) but he who does not marry her does better.[c]

39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(AM) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(AN) 40 In my judgment,(AO) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:38 Or 36 If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.