32 Why? Because they did not pursue it [a]by faith, but as though they could [b]by works. They stumbled over (A)the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written:

(B)Behold, I am laying in Zion (C)a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,
(D)And the one who believes in Him (E)will not be [c]put to shame.”

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  1. Romans 9:32 Lit out of
  2. Romans 9:32 Lit out of
  3. Romans 9:33 Or disappointed

32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(A) 33 As it is written:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](B)

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  1. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16