Romans 9:32 - Easy To Read Version Why not? Because they tried to make themselves right by the things they did. They did not trust in God to make them right. They fell over the stone that makes people fall. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone. [Isa. 8:14; 28:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; Common English Bible Why? It’s because they didn’t go for it by faith but they went for it as if it could be reached by doing something. They have tripped over a stumbling block. Catholic Public Domain Version Why is this? Because they did not seek it from faith, but as if it were from works. For they stumbled over a stumbling block, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone. |
If you will respect the Lord and consider him holy, then he will be a safe place for you. But you don’t respect him. So God is like a rock that you people fall over. He is a rock that makes the two families of Israel stumble. The Lord is a trap to catch all the people of Jerusalem.
(Many people will fall over this rock. Those people will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.)
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, “Many Jews will fall and many will rise because of this boy. He will be a sign (proof) from God that some people will not accept.
What great blessings there are for the person that can accept {\cf2\super [131]} me!”
They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.
So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to the non-Jews. This happened to make the Jews jealous.
So people get God’s promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s {\cf2\super [42]} people can have that promise. The promise is not only for those people that live under the law \{of Moses\}. The promise is for any person that lives with faith like Abraham. Abraham is the father of us all.
But this is the message we tell everyone: Christ was killed on a cross. This message is a big problem to the Jews. And the non-Jews think it is foolish.