Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13

Biblical Context

Paul asks whether you should judge those outside or inside. He declares that God judges those outside, and you are to remove the wicked person from among you.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your scripture is a map of states of consciousness. When Paul asks who you judge, he points to an inner law: the world you see is the image of your inner life. The outside is the arena of circumstances that reflect your dominant belief; the inside is your current state of awareness. The wicked person is not a separate foe, but a stubborn belief you have allowed—guilt, fear, or separation. God judging the outside expresses the universal justice of life, yet you must not police others; you must refine your own inner state. To put away that within you means relinquishing the old self-image and assuming a higher I AM. When you dwell in the I AM, you radiate a new truth, and the outer field shifts to match your inner purity. You are not called to condemn but to dissolve the old image through steadfast faith in your divine reality. Your inner conversion alters the very texture of your world.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in stillness and declare, I am the I AM, and I revise the inner image of wickedness into divine purity. Visualize the old self dissolving into light and feel the transformation as present reality.