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NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 33

Romans 9:33

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even as it is written,

“Behold,† I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense;

and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.Ӡ

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Romans 9:30–33

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What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

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Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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even as it is written,

“Behold,† I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense;

and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.Ӡ

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
  2. Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

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