Romans 9:32

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

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

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;