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Romans 9:31-33
Contemporary English Version
Romans 9:31-33
Contemporary English Version
31-32 It also means that the people of Israel were not acceptable to God. And why not? It was because they were trying[a] to be acceptable by obeying the Law instead of by having faith in God. The people of Israel fell over the stone that makes people stumble, 33 (A) just as God says in the Scriptures,
“Look! I am placing in Zion
a stone to make people
stumble and fall.
But those who have faith
in that one will never
be disappointed.”
Footnotes
- 9.31,32 because they were trying: Or “while they were trying” or “even though they were trying.”
Romans 9:31-33
New International Version
Romans 9:31-33
New International Version
31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(A) have not attained their goal.(B) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(C) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
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