Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

So that ye come short in no gift of favour, - ardently awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the [Holy] Spirit who is from God, so that we may know and understand the [wonderful] things freely given to us by God.

According to the favour of God which hath been given unto me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation, whereas, another, is building thereon; but, let each one, see, how he buildeth thereon;

Now I have applied these things [that is, the analogies about factions] to myself and Apollos for your benefit, believers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written [in Scripture], so that none of you will become arrogant and boast in favor of one [minister or teacher] against the other.

This I say of favour, not of commandment.

For I will all men to be as also myself. But each has his own favor of God, the one truly thus, and the other thus.

If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

As to the case of celibacy, I have no positive instructions: yet my advice deserves to be regarded, as coming from one the divine favour has distinguished.

But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.

and whenever I may come, whomsoever ye may approve, through letters, these I will send to carry your favour to Jerusalem;

I ask this favour of you, my brothers. The household of Stephanas, you know, was the first to be reaped in Achaia, and they have laid themselves out to serve the saints.

The grace of our Lord Jesus [His unmerited favor, His spiritual blessing, His profound mercy] be with you.