1 Corinthians 10:5 (YLT)

Passage

but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 10:3 and all the same spiritual food did eat,

1 Corinthians 10:4 and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

1 Corinthians 10:5 but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,

1 Corinthians 10:6 and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, `The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "most", "well", "pleased", "strewn", and "wilderness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "most" and "well", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and all the same spiritual drink did..." into verse 6's "and those things became types of us...", so "most" and "well" 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 "most" and "well" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.