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NASB | 1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 10:5 Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death]. [Num 14:29, 30] |
Bible Question: i'm not sure how people dying of a plague is a warning. i can understand that sin will be punished. but death to a christian is eternal life. my commentary says this is a warning but i don't see how. am i missing something? |
Bible Answer: The Bible is full of warnings to believers. 1 Cor 10 is just one example of warning. The text says: 1Cor. 10:6 Now these things were our examples, "our" in this text means believers. We are to observe what happened to the Israelites who came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness. God was testing them to see whether or not their faith was sincere, and whether or not they would become obedient to God. Their disobedience became their ruin. They lusted and provoked God to anger. They committed fornication The text also says again: 1 Cor. 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. we are to read in the Old Testament account of the Exodus and the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness and how only two people (a small remnant) of the hundreds of thousands who left Egypt ever entered the promise land. Those two were Joshua and Caleb. Today God still has a remnant of faithful sincere obedient followers What was written in 1 Cor. 10 is written so we don't make the same mistakes those who fell in the wilderness made Yes 1 Cor. 10 is a warning for believers |