Rom 9:32-33, 1Pe 2:8 | ESV | STEP | Why ? Because they did not pursue it by faith , but as if it were based on works . They have stumbled over the stumbling stone ,

Romans 9:32-33

32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^astumbling stone, 33 as it is written,

^b“Behold, I am laying in Zion ^ca stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
^dand whoever believes in him will not be ^eput to shame.”

1 Peter 2:8

8 and

^f“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, ^gas they were destined to do.