^{31 Ref} and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

^{32 Ref} wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

^{33 Ref} according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'