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

Wherefore?ª Becauseª [they sought it] notª byª faith,ª butª as² it were¹ byª the worksª of the law.ª Forª they stumbledª° at that stumblingstone;ªª

Wherefore?ª becauseª [they sought it], notª byª faith,ª butª as² it were¹ byª the worksª of the Law:ª forª they stumbledª° at that stumbling stone,ªª

For why? Because it was not by faith, but by the works of the law: for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

And why? Because [they sought it], not by faith, but by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone:

διὰ τί; ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλ' ὡς ἐξ ἔργων: προσέκοψαν τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος,

Through to-what-one? To-which-a-one not out of-a-trust, other as out of-works; they-fell-toward unto-the-one unto-a-stone of-the-one of-a-felling-toward-to,