| << Romans 9:31 | Romans 9:33 >> |
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were—rather simply, "as"
by the works of the law—as if it were thus attainable, which justification is not: Since, therefore, it is attainable only by faith, they missed it.
for—it is doubtful if this particle was originally in the text.
they stumbled at that stumbling-stone—better, "against the stone of stumbling," meaning Christ. But in this they only did.
| << Romans 9:31 | Romans 9:33 >> |
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