Romans 9:33 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. {ashamed: or confounded}”

Romans 9:33

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But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Wherefore? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. {ashamed: or confounded}

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Romans 9:1

"I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,"

Romans 9:2

"That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart."

Romans 9:3

"For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {accursed: or, separated}"

Romans 9:4

"Who are Israelites; to whom {pertaineth} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {of God}, and the promises; {covenants: or, testaments}"

Romans 9:5

"Whose {are} the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."

Romans 9:6

"Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they {are} not all Israel, which are of Israel:"

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