1 Corinthians 10:5

But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ.

6And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.

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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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