1 Corinthians 10:4 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:2 and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

1 Corinthians 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food;

1 Corinthians 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:5 However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "drank", "same", "spiritual", "drink", "rock", and "followed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "drank", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and all ate the same spiritual food..." into verse 5's "However with most of them God was...", so "Spirit" and "drank" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "drank" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.