Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

1 Corinthians 4:6-7

Biblical Context

Paul shows that boasting about differences is folly, for every gift comes from God. He invites you to see distinctions as reminders to rely on the Source rather than the self.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul invites us to see that the divisions we call 'gifts' and 'differences' are but a figure for our inner life. In Neville’s terms, the self that boasts is an illusion, a state of consciousness that forgets it is the I AM receiving all. The true you is awareness, the one that receives every talent, every favor, and every distinction as coming from the Source, not from personal merit. When you feel you differ from another by what you have, you are still believing in separation; when you recognize that you have nothing that was not given, you stand in wisdom. So revise your sense of self: there is no proud doer, only the I AM experiencing itself. Let humility be your discipline, not as self-denial but as alignment with the inner law that all glory belongs to the One Life. By that recognition you will discern wisely, and your obedience will be faithful to the truth that you are, and always were, the I AM.