Inner Unity Amid Apparent Divisions

1 Corinthians 11:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
1 Corinthians 11:17-19

Biblical Context

Paul says their gathering is not for the better but for the worse. Divisions and even heresies surface to reveal who among them is truly aligned.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inward eye, the church in Corinth becomes your own state of consciousness when you come to a 'gathering' within. The divisions you notice are not external judgments but inner dispositions separated by fear, pride, or unmet desires. The word 'heresies' points to the many currents of thought that arise to test which part of you is aligned with the I AM. The hard teaching is not to cast out the discord but to recognize it as a signal that you have forgotten your unity. When you refuse to identify with the fragments and instead assume the whole as one, the inner conflict loses its force. In the turning of attention to the I AM, you unify the scattered attitudes, bringing the sense of oneness into the room of your mind. This is how divisions are made manifest and then dissolved—by consciousness aware of itself as the sole reality. The inner 'church' is not a building but the living I AM you are, and imagination, rightly used, makes this unity present.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise by declaring, 'I am one with all within me.' Feel the inner room settling into unity as you imagine every tendency gathered into the I AM.

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