as it is written; Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

And David says, Let their table become a trap and a snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them;

Let us not therefore judge one another, but judge this rather, not to place a stumbling-block or an offense before a brother.