Why not? Because they pursued<n id="1" /> it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works.<n id="2" /> They stumbled over the stumbling stone,<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.<n id="1" />

just as it is written,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Lookb>, <b>I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumbleb>i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and a rock that will make them fall,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.i>b>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean,<n id="1" /> it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.