Inner Spirit, Freely Given

1 Corinthians 2:12-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians 2:12-13

Biblical Context

Paul says we have received the Spirit of God to know the things freely given to us by God, not the emptiness of the world’s wisdom. We speak not in human words but in the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your ordinary sense of self is not the author of true knowledge; the I AM within you is the Spirit of God that knows what is freely given. The Apostle’s word is a mirror: you are not fed by the world’s wisdom, but by a living, inner teaching that descends from divine awareness. When you lean on outside theories, you forget the gift already present in your mind—the access to every spiritual thing by grace. The 'things' God freely gives are not distant; they rest in your consciousness as potential, longing, and realized possibility. To speak from the Spirit is to let your inner teacher guide your words, aligning them with spiritual discernment rather than human logic. Compare spiritual with spiritual—let your thoughts be drawn from your inner kingdom, where imagination is the instrument of knowing. As you assume the state of divine knowledge, you will notice understanding flows not from argument but from a quiet alignment with God within, and your speech will carry the Holy Ghost’s cadence rather than man’s.

Practice This Now

Assume the state now: I have the Spirit of God within me and know the things freely given to me of God. Feel that inner teacher guiding your next speech as if the Holy Ghost were teaching you.

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