31 [a]But Israel which followed the Law of righteousness, could not attain unto the Law of righteousness.

32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the [b]works of the Law: for they have stumbled at the stumbling stone,

33 As it is written, (A)Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone, and a rock to make men fall: and everyone that believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:31 The pride of men is the cause that they condemn vocation, so that the cause of their damnation need not to be sought for any other where but in themselves.
  2. Romans 9:32 Seeking to come by righteousness, they followed the Law of righteousness.

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