Romans 9:32

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Why not? Because they tried to do it themselves, instead of relying on faith in God. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That’s very hard for Jews to accept, and Gentiles think it’s foolish.

1 Peter 2:8

And, “It’s a stone that causes people to trip, a rock that makes them fall.” People who don’t obey the message trip and fall, just the way God planned it.

Romans 11:11

So let me ask something else: The Israelites didn’t trip and fall so badly that they could never get up, did they? Not at all! Rather, because Israel went wrong, the Gentiles are being saved, and that should make Israel jealous of them.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who does not give up their faith because of me.”

Romans 10:3

They didn’t know how God makes people right with himself, so they tried to get right with God in their own way. They didn’t realize that

Romans 4:16

That’s why the promise comes by faith, so that it can be based on God’s grace and be guaranteed to all of Abraham’s children. That means not only those who are his children under the law, but also those who are Abraham’s children because have the same faith that he did. He is the father of us all.

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them. He said to Mary, Jesus’ mother, “God has sent this child to cause many people in Israel to fall and to rise. Many will speak against him,

Matthew 13:57

And they couldn’t believe in Jesus because they were stuck on these questions. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town and in his own home.”

1 Peter 2:6

In Scripture it says, “Look! I’m placing a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone. The one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”