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1 Corinthians 10:5
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses the Corinthian church, using Israel’s wilderness journey as a historical case study to ground his immediate exhortation. The words — οὐκ (ouk) = not and εὐδόκησεν (eudokēsen) = was well pleased, forming the core negation of divine approval. The thread — The judgment of the wilderness generation is paralleled in Hebrews 3:17 and Jude 1:5, while Numbers 26:64 provides the census context for those excluded. Why it lands — The text states that God’s favor is conditional on obedience, not prior spiritual association, and it requires readers to treat historical warnings as direct instructions for their own conduct.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 3:17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Jude 1:5 Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- Numbers 26:64 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 14:37 those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
- Numbers 14:11 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Numbers 14:28 So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- Psalms 78:32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
- Psalms 106:26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Deuteronomy 1:34 When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Psalms 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”