Romans 9:32
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Note d'étude
Study Note
Paul diagnoses Israel's stumbling at the stone as a failure of epistemology: they pursued righteousness 'as if it were by works' rather than by faith, and so struck the stumbling stone instead of receiving it. The verse fuses two Isaianic 'stone' texts (Isaiah 8:14 and 28:16) which Paul quotes in verse 33, demonstrating how Scripture itself predicted this ironic reversal where the covenant people trip over their own Messiah. The insight shapes Paul's broader argument in Romans 10 that 'Christ is the end (telos) of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes' (Romans 10:4), reframing Israel's history as always pointing toward a faith-response.
Autres traductions
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
wherefore? because--not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,
Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
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