What shall we say, then? That Gentiles, who were not chasing after righteousness, laid hold of righteousness—the righteousness that comes from faith;
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28For the Lord will carry out his word on the earth, completely and without delay.” 29And as Isaiah said beforehand: “If the Lord of Hosts had not left us offspring, we would have turned out like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah.” 30What shall we say, then? That Gentiles, who were not chasing after righteousness, laid hold of righteousness—the righteousness that comes from faith; 31while Israel, chasing after a law of righteousness, never arrived at that law. 32Why? Because they went after it not by faith but as though it came by works. They tripped over the stumbling stone,
