Humility and Unity in 1 Corinthians 1:14-16

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville’s lens, the act becomes inner alignment rather than outward history. When he says he baptized none of you, the message is that the I AM within you alone baptizes your world; you are not the source of the act, but the channel through which God moves. The names—Crispus, Gaius, the household of Stephanas—represent inner states you cultivate: trust, loyalty, service. To minimize personal glory is to withhold the name from the experience, freeing energy for God to express as unity. By recognizing the same I AM in all, you erase separation and strengthen faith as awareness. The real event is not the rite but the inner movement of life; humility becomes power as it clears the channel for divine energy to flow through every relationship. Thus, Paul’s note becomes a practical instruction: cultivate an I AM-centered self that yields to God’s action, and the community naturally becomes one in purpose and love.