32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

32 Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.

32 because they tried to make themselves right by the things they did instead of trusting in God to make them right. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.

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

32 Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

32 Why? They didn’t rely on faith to gain God’s approval, but they relied on their own efforts. They stumbled over the rock that trips people.

32 Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

32 Why that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if by works. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble,

32 Why not? Because they didn’t look for it by faith. They tried to get it by working for it. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.

32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,