Romans 9:30-32 ▼

30 What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have achieved it, that is, righteousness that comes from faith;

31 but that Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, did not attain to that law?

32 Why not? Because they did it not by faith, but as if it could be done by works. They stumbled over the stone that causes stumbling,