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Two roads meet at a great cornerstone as empty-handed travelers rest and burdened builders pause after a companion steadies one who stumbled.
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Romans 9:30-33

Faith and the Stone in Zion

Promise, Mercy, and the Stone in Zion · Romans 9

Story guide: Two roads meet at a great cornerstone as empty-handed travelers rest and burdened builders pause after a companion steadies one who stumbled. The image portrays faith and the stone in zion in Romans 9:30-33.

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30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, attained righteousness—but the righteousness that is from faith.

31But Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain to that law.

32Why? Because it was not from faith, but as if from works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

33As it is written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

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