▪ Pɔɔlɩ mawa se: “Ɛsɔ . . . ɛnʋ weyi eɖiyiɣ-ɖʋ paa ɛzɩmtaa wabɩtʋ ɖɔnɛ naɖɩyɛ taa ɖa nɛ Krɩstʋ ɖɔ-nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ labʋ taa nɛ ɛtɩŋɩɣnɩ ɖɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛmɩzɩɣ ɛ-sɩmtʋ sɔzɩŋ paa le yɔ! Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa lɛ, ɖɩkɛ Krɩstʋ sɔzɩŋ ɛyaa mba peɖiɣni hiɣu ñʋʋ yabʋ nɛ mba peɖiɣni lebu yɔ pɛ-hɛkʋ taa; kɛdɛzaɣ ñɩma ɛsɩndaa lɛ, ɖɩkɛ sɩm sɔŋ weyi ewokini sɩm taa yɔ; kajalaɣ ñɩma ɛsɩndaa lɛ, ɖɩkɛ wezuu sɔzɩŋ weyi ewokini wezuu taa yɔ.”—2 Kɔrɛntɩ mba 2:14-16.

Kɩɖaʋ ŋgʋ Pɔɔlɩ kpaɣaa yɔ kɩ-taa, ɛyɔɔdaa se “ɖɩkɛ Krɩstʋ sɔzɩŋ” weyi ewokini wezuu taa yɔ nabɛyɛ nɛ ɖɩkɛ sɩm sɔŋ weyi ewokini sɩm taa yɔ lalaa. Takayaɣ nakɛyɛ yɔɔdɩ kɩɖaʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-yɔɔ se, “pɩtʋʋ fɛyɩ se sɔzɩŋ tɩlaaɖɩ ŋgʋ Roma mba sɔkaɣ miŋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ paaɖɔŋ avɛɛ ɖɔnɛ yɔ, kɩ-yɔɔ Pɔɔlɩ maɣzaɣ nɛ ɛyɔɔdʋʋ tɔm ndʋ. Sɔzɩŋ ɛnʋ ɩwɩlɩɣ sɔɔjanaa se pawabɩ you nɛ ɩtɔzʋʋ mba pakpa you taa yɔ se sɩm ɖaŋnɩ-wɛ.”—The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.