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

as it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, and a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another anymore, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in our brother's way.