{I will destroy} (apol(935c)). Future active indicative of
apollumi. Attic future for apoles(935c). Quotation from  Isa
29:14  (LXX). The failure of worldly statesmanship in the
presence of Assyrian invasion Paul applies to his argument with
force. The wisdom of the wise is often folly, the understanding
of the understanding is often rejected. There is such a thing as
the ignorance of the learned, the wisdom of the simple-minded.
God's wisdom rises in the Cross sheer above human philosophizing
which is still scoffing at the Cross of Christ, the consummation
of God's power.