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

Read 1 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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

3For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 5:2-5

Biblical Context

Paul urges the Corinthians to mourn over pride and remove the offender to preserve church purity and the possibility of salvation. The outward act symbolizes inner order: accountability and renewal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM of your own consciousness, this scene is not a social judgment but a revelation of your inner state. 'Puffed up' points to a mind that refuses to mourn a prideful identity it has tolerated. The offender is a belief you have allowed to linger in your field of awareness. When I say I have judged already, I speak as one who has, in the realm of imagination, separated from the state that would give birth to the deed. To deliver such one unto Satan is to withdraw belief in the old pattern and to invite the power of your Lord Jesus Christ—the indwelling I AM—to rearrange your inner atmosphere. The destruction of the flesh is not punishment but the burning away of a former state so the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus—the sustained awareness that aliveness is the unity of your entire being. Gathered in spirit, you consent to this inward discipline and watch the new life rise where the old pride once stood.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and imagine a council within your I AM, authorizing a correction that removes the prideful state from your field of awareness. Feel the weight lift as purity returns and the spirit is saved.