³¹ but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,^(A) have not attained their goal.^(B)

³² Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.^(A)

³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^(A)

⁴ Christ is the culmination of the law^(A) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^(B)