1 Corinthians 10:5

But in most of them God was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the desert.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

In Context

4and all drank from the same spiritual stream, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

6Now this happened as a warning for us, that we might not long for evil things as they longed.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:2-6

Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. In order… Read the whole commentary →

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