31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness,(A) has not achieved the righteousness of the law.[a](B) 32 Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works.[b] They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(C) 33 As it is written,

Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and the one who believes on him(D)
will not be put to shame.[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:31 Other mss read the law for righteousness
  2. 9:32 Other mss add of the law
  3. 9:33 Is 8:14; 28:16

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