Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 13:11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 13 in context

Scripture Focus

11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:11

Biblical Context

Paul contrasts childish speech and understanding with mature perception. He implies inner renewal beyond the childish self.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the text is not about leaving a calendar year behind, but about relocating your inner state. When you identify as the child you grope with words, meanings, and assumptions that fit a temporary stage. But the moment you awaken as the man, you revise those early formations by the power of the I AM, the sole consciousness in which you live and move. The child self is a suggestion in your imagination, and imagination is the instrument by which you craft the world. To become 'a man' is to refuse to be ruled by memory of limitation; it is to accept that you can, in this present moment, withdraw your attention from childish forms and revisit the same scene with grown up awareness. The new creation occurs as you maintain the assumption that you now stand in the maturity you desire—seeing, understanding, and speaking from that level. Your thoughts, feelings, and words align with that inner state, and the world follows suit, revealing yourself as the center of your own story.