Tongues and Understanding Within
1 Corinthians 14:13-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul says to pray in tongues but also to interpret; true edification comes when prayer and song are offered with both spirit and understanding, and he prefers five clear words in understanding over long words in tongues.
Neville's Inner Vision
Paul’s counsel invites you to treat your inner language as a doorway to your own consciousness. The unknown tongue is not an outside mystery but an inward vibration your spirit emits; the interpretation is the alignment of that vibration with the steady, clear understanding of your heart. In the Neville reading, your I AM is the interpreter and architect of reality. When you pray with the spirit you awaken a living energy; when you pair it with understanding you translate that energy into forms your consciousness can recognize and claim. The ‘room of the unlearned’ represents the outer mind that cannot yet translate your inner cadence; yet your edification begins with your own interpretation. Therefore true worship is the unity of feeling and reason—a present alignment where what you imagine and what you understand are one. If your inner phrases feel ungainly, revise them in imagination until they carry a simple, definite meaning, and imagine yourself giving thanks with that meaning fully felt. In that act you’ve already taught others in your inward church.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, rest in I AM, and revise a single inner sentence into five clear words that express the outcome you seek. Feel it now as already done, letting the emotion of certainty carry the meaning into your daily experience.
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