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Romans 9:33 KJV
Romans · chapter 9 · verse 33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.Romans 9:33 · King James Version
Romans 9:33 in context
31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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Key words (Strong's)
- stumblingstonelithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
- stumblingstoneproskommaa stumbling block, an obstacle in the way which if one strikes his foot against he…G4348 →
- whosoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- believethpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- offenceskandalonthe movable stick or trigger of a trap, a trap stick, a trap, snare, any impediment…G4625 →
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The apostle comes here at last to fix the true reason of the reception of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews. There was a difference in the way of their seeking, and therefore there was that different success, though still it was the free grace of God that made them differ.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-33