Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

34And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

1 Corinthians 11:27-34

Biblical Context

Paul warns that eating the Lord's supper unworthily brings judgment; believers should examine themselves, then eat and drink, and care for one another to maintain unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us peer into the scene as a state of consciousness. The bread and cup are not external rites, but your own awareness given form. When you eat unworthily, you are denying the Lord’s body—your own divine body of consciousness—and you invite separation, weakness, even sickness, because you have not discerned what you truly are. The instruction to examine yourself is a command to revise the inner story: see every belief, every impulse, as a symbol within you and judge it against the truth of your I AM. When you tarry for one another, you are practicing unity in the mind: you stop the impulse to hurry and consume in a way that excludes another part of you. If judgment arises, endure the chastening as a healing, not punishment; it is the Lord correcting misperception so that you are not condemned by the world. The goal is holy participation, a shared inner space where every act of eating becomes a vow of harmony with your own spiritual body.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the stance: 'I am already united with all in the Lord's body.' Then revise any judgment about others into compassion until your inner state reflects health and unity.