18. Maganar gicciye, maganar wauta ce ga waɗanda suke hallaka, amma ƙarfin Allah ce a gare mu, mu da ake ceto.
19. Domin a rubuce yake cewa,“Zan rushe hikimar mai hikima,Zan kuma shafe haziƙancin haziƙi.”
20. To, ina masu hikima suke? Ina kuma masana? Ina masu muhawwarar zamanin nan? Ashe, Allah bai fallashi hikimar duniyar nan a kan wauta ce ba?
21. Da yake bisa ga hikimar Allah, duniya ba ta san Allah ta wurin hikimarta ba, sai Allah ya ji daɗin ceton masu ba da gaskiya, ta wurin wautar shelar bishara.
22. Yahudawa kam, mu'ujiza suke nema su gani, Helenawa kuwa hikima suka nema su samu,
23. mu kuwa muna wa'azin Almasihu gicciyeyye, abin sa yin tuntuɓe ga Yahudawa, wauta kuma ga al'ummai,
24. amma ga waɗanda suke kirayayyu, ko Yahudawa ko al'ummai duka biyu, Almasihu ikon Allah ne, da hikimar Allah.
25. Domin abin da aka zata wauta ce ta Allah, ya fi hikimar ɗan adam, abin da kuma aka zata rauni ne na Allah, ya fi duk ƙarfin ɗan adam.
26. Ku dubi kiranku da aka yi, ya ku 'yan'uwa, a cikinku, ai, ba a kira masu hikima irin ta duniya da yawa ba, masu iko kuma ba su da yawa, haka ma masu asali ma ba yawa.
27. Amma Allah ya zaɓi abin da yake wauta a duniya, domin ya kunyata masu hikima. Allah ya zaɓi abin da yake rarrauna a duniya, domin ya kunyata ƙaƙƙarfa.