as has been written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Therefore to you who believe he is precious: but to the unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, and the stone of stumbling, and the rock of offence,

Why? Because they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness;

giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, in order that the ministry may not be blamed;

And turning He said to Peter, Get behind me, adversary: thou art my stumbling-block; because thou art not thinking about the things of God, but those of men.

The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him.

and all did drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock.