Romans 9:30-32 - WEB
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What will we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn`t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn`t arrive at the law of righteousness.
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Why? Because they didn`t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
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