1 Corinthians 10:5

5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
ESV
5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
NLT
5 Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
MSG
5 But just experiencing God's wonder and grace didn't seem to mean much - most of them were defeated by temptation during the hard times in the desert, and God was not pleased.
CSB
5 But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.

1 Corinthians 10:5 In-Context

3 They all ate the same spiritual food
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. Numbers 14:29; Hebrews 3:17; Jude 5
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