Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 5:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:1-2

Biblical Context

A serious case of fornication is reported within the group, shocking in its nature. The people are described as puffed up rather than mourning, and the offender is to be separated.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the report is not about others out there, but about a belief in your own consciousness that has grown bold. The fornication is a symbol of a kept appetite—an inner habit that seems real because you have identified with it. The shout 'puffed up' reveals a mind inflated by ego, clinging to a story that you are defined by what you do rather than by who you are within I AM. Mourning, in this light, is interior repentance: you turn away from the old sense of separation and align with the truth that you are consciousness, not the act. To 'remove' the offender is a metaphor for releasing the attachment to that pattern from your inner circle of thoughts, so the light can enter and re-create the field. If you accept that every circumstance appears from your inner state, then such a situation becomes a signal to revise. Purify, dissolve the belief, and let the inherent wholeness of your I AM refresh your community inwardly. Judgment becomes awareness, not condemnation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are already free from that old pattern. Repeat, 'I AM pure; I AM whole,' and feel the release as the old belief dissolves, restoring harmony to your inner circle.