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Should be made of none effect (κενωθῇ)
Lit., emptied. Rev., made void. Compare is made void, Rom 4:14, and the kindred adjective κενὸν, κενὴ vain, 1Co 15:14. The nucleus of the apostolic preaching was a fact - Christ crucified. To preach it as a philosophic system would be to empty it of its saving power, a truth which finds abundant and lamentable illustration in the history of the Church.