Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 10 in context

Scripture Focus

14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

15I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

18Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Biblical Context

Paul tells believers to flee idolatry and shows that sharing in the Lord’s cup and bread signifies their unity as one body in Christ. He warns that joining with idols fractures that unity and invites a different agenda than God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the scene not as external commands but as a state of consciousness you inhabit. Idolatry, in this light, is simply a mental idol—a belief you worship instead of the living I AM that you are. The cup of blessing and the bread you break are signs of your oneness with Christ within; to drink and to eat is to acknowledge that you and the Christ in you share the same blood and body. When you say, 'we being many are one,' you are naming your inner unity, not a creed apart from you. The Gentiles’ sacrifices are projections of your own fear and appetite—what Neville calls devils—your false self-images that compete with God for attention. Do not entertain fellowship with such illusions; do not drink from both cups. The Lord’s jealousy is your awakened demand that you align entirely with your true nature. You are stronger in awareness than any counterfeit image. The inward law is simple: choose the communion that loves, and let every other allegiance dissolve into the light of I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and, for a minute, feel yourself as the one loaf, with all 'others' already included in you. Then declare, 'I am one with God; I am the Body of Christ in this moment,' letting that unity settle as your immediate reality.