Inner Perfection in Love's Light

1 Corinthians 13:8-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 13 in context

Scripture Focus

8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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.
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians 13:8-12

Biblical Context

Love never fails; gifts such as prophecies, tongues, and knowledge will pass away. We know in part, prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, partial sight is replaced by a clear, face-to-face knowing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the apostle sets before you a law of the inner world: love remains while outward gifts pass away. In Neville’s reading, that which is perfect is not a distant event but the state of awareness you enter as I AM. When you assume the feeling of being the living love that never faileth, the prophecies, tongues, and knowledge you now hold begin to fade because they are mere partial expressions in a dim glass. The moment you realize your present knowledge is in part, you stop chasing parts and invite the whole. You transition from childish reactions to the man who knows himself as the one God-awareness, looking through the glass clearly, face to face with the truth that you are known by the Source of love. The practical effect is you cease to seek and become the steady atmosphere of your own consciousness; love endures, and every outward form reorders itself to reflect your new internal state.

Practice This Now

Act as if you are already in the perfect state. Close your eyes, declare I AM love, constant and whole, and feel that certainty filling you for several minutes until the old sense of lack dissolves.

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