Stumbling stone of the gospel is faith righteousness.
Romans 9:30-32 KJV
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 9:33 KJV
as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 1:16 KJV
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 4:17
as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Galatians 3:3
Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Romans 5:1 KJV
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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