^{29 Ref} And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

^{30 Ref} What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

^{31 Ref} but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at `that' law.

^{32 Ref} Wherefore? Because `they sought it' not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

^{33 Ref} even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.