Romans 9:32

Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God. They tripped on the stumbling-block,

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In The King James Version

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

In Context

31But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.

33just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I'm placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend people. But those who trust in him won't be disappointed.”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:16A man came to Jesus and asked him, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

Luke 7:23How good it is for those who are not offended because of me!”

Acts 16:30He escorted them out and asked them, “Sirs, what do I have to do so I can be saved?”

Romans 10:3They don't understand how God makes us right with him, and they try to make themselves right. They refuse to accept God's way of making people right.

1 Corinthians 1:23but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.

1 John 5:9If we accept the evidence that human witnesses provide, then the evidence that God provides is much more important. The evidence that God provides is his testimony about his Son.

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:31-33

Reception of the Gentiles and Rejection of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a… Read the whole commentary →

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