Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 12 in context

Scripture Focus

12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Biblical Context

Paul teaches that the body is one despite many parts, and Christ is the unity of that body; by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, regardless of background, and drink from one Spirit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the body as your own interior field, a single I AM with many expressions. The verse is not about external organizations but about the state of your consciousness: the different members stand for the varied thoughts, fears, talents, and desires within you, yet they are all drawing nourishment from the same life stream. When you acknowledge that Christ is the unity of that body, you acknowledge that you live by one Spirit—the same current that baptizes Jew and Gentile, slave and free, into a shared awareness. In Neville's terms, consciousness is the sole reality, and separation is a story you tell yourself. As you permit this awareness to reign, you are not patching a world together; you are awakening to the fact that you already stand in the Body as the I AM and its immediate expression. The "many" are not apart from you but facets of you illuminated by a single light. Thus, unity is not created but remembered; your task is to dwell in the feeling that you are already one with all whom you call brother or sister in spirit.