Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 5:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Biblical Context

Paul warns that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Here the leaven stands for habitual thoughts and pride that corrupt the mind.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner world the lump is your current state of consciousness and the leaven is an idea you have fed until it shapes every part of you. When the writer says your glorying is not good, hear it as a call to wake to the I AM that you are. Do not cling to the old leaven by arguing for appearances or status; purge it out now. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. This is not a moral lecture but a reorientation of mind. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us becomes the realization that the Christ within, your true self, has already paid the debt of limitation by the act of being born again as consciousness. The Passover is not an event outside you but the shift of awareness from fear to faith, from lack to abundance. When you dwell in that inner Passover, you are no longer the old lump but a fresh, unleavened being, free to express as your real nature.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and breathe slowly. Assume the feeling that you are unleavened now, declare I am a new lump purified by the inner Passover, and let that conviction settle in your body.