Luk 2:34, Joh 9:39, 1Cor 15:10, 2Cor 3:5-6, 1Pe 2:7-8 | ISV | STEP | Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall or rise. He will be a sign that will be disputed,

Luke 2:34

34 Then Simeon ^{▼▼Lit. he} blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall or rise. He will be a sign that will be disputed,Isa 8:14; Hos 14:9; Matt 21:44; Acts 28:22; Rom 9:32-33; 1Cor 1:23-24; 2Cor 2:16; 1Pet 2:7-8

John 9:39

39 Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world for judgment, so that those who are blind may see, and those who see may become blind.”Matt 13:13; John 3:17; 12:47

1 Corinthians 15:10

10 But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others—not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.Matt 10:20; Rom 15:18-19; 2Cor 3:5; 11:23; 12:11; Gal 2:8; Eph 2:7-8; 3:7; Phil 2:13

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

5 By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,John 15:5; 1Cor 15:10; 2Cor 2:16; Phil 2:13 6 who has also qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant, which is not written but spiritual, because the written text ^{▼▼Lit. what is written} brings death, but the Spirit gives life.Jer 31:31; Matt 26:28; John 6:63; Rom 2:27, 29; 3:20; 4:15; 8:2; 1Cor 3:5; 15:10; 2Cor 5:18; Gal 3:10; Eph 3:7; Col 1:25, 29; 1Tim 1:11-12; 2Tim 1:11; Heb 8:6, 8

1 Peter 2:7-8

7 Therefore he is precious to you who believe, but to those who do not believe,Ps 118:22; Matt 21:42; Acts 4:11

“The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone, ^{▼▼Or capstone}

8 a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on.” ^{▼▼Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14}Exod 9:16; Isa 8:14; Luke 2:34; Rom 9:22, 33; 1Cor 1:23; 1Thes 5:9; Jude 1:4

They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.