World English Bible

1 Corinthians 10:5

“However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.”

Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 10

and all ate the same spiritual food;

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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